Amanda Ghessie
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Taylors, SC, United States
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Woman is Getting a Pedicure Done at a Salon. That’s When She Feels a Tiny Nick…
Ahh, pedicures. The perfect way to relax and not worry about the stresses of day-to-day life. Or so Stacey Wilson thought. According to ABC 7, the Arkansas woman went to to the nail salon last week to get her toes done and had a manicurist who was particularly rough on her feet. While using the pumice stone, the manicurist scraped her foot and under her pinky toe. The next day, Wilson recalls… → Read More
Woman Thought She Had a Nannying Job. She Didn’t See the Disturbing Clue in the Advertisement
Does the family in the photo look familiar? → Read More
Woman Hires Young Man At A Job Fair to Wash Dishes. A Few Days Later He Comes in With A Note…
It’s easy to get in a rut at work and begin to dread the monotonous nine to five. But many fail to remember that there are people who would give anything to have that job. This one Imgur user came to realize after reading a friend’s heartwarming post. That friend, who owns a cafe, hosted a job fair in an attempt to hire more employees. One of the individuals she met with was a young man on the… → Read More
Ever Wonder Why Your Jeans Have That Small Front Pocket? Turns Out, It’s More Than Just Decoration.
As the saying goes, “You learn something new every day.” From the earth-shattering news that the often-forgot about top holes in shoelaces are supposed to be used to create extra support: To the discovery that the plastic backings to earrings are actually supposed to be removed after purchase: > mashable: You can take off the plastic from earring backs, and it's tearing the Internet apart …… → Read More
Former ‘Jon and Kate Plus 8’ Star Reveals What TLC Wanted the Couple to Do Instead of Divorce
For five seasons, the world watched and marveled as Jon and Kate Gosselin juggled life with eight children— a set of twins and a set of sextuplets. But after a divorce in 2009 brought their ten year marriage to an end, Jon chose to remain mostly out of the spotlight. Now, as US Weekly reports, during an appearance on the Steve Harvey show, he is revealing the lengths to which he went to ensure… → Read More
Ever Noticed Those Numbers on Egg Cartons Under the ‘Best By’ Date? Here’s What They Really Mean.
For many grocery shoppers, the “best by” date is one of the first things they look for when picking up items such as milk and eggs. But shockingly, when it comes to eggs, that “best by” date may not be the best indicator of freshness. > Your breakfast eggs are not as fresh as you think pic.twitter.com/A1qESfykIc — HuffPost Lifestyle (@HPLifestyle) January 14, 2016 As Cosmopolitan reports, with… → Read More
Officer Arrives on Scene With Baby On Verge of Death. Then She Sits Down & Lifts Up Her Shirt…
Every day, all over the world, police officers go above and beyond their call of duty. This policewoman shows just how far she’ll go to save the life of a newborn. Image Credit: Screen Shot/Mirror According to the Mirror, Luisa Urrea, a Colombian police officer, was called to the scene after 59-year-old Edinora Jimenez discovered a newborn baby. > “I was collecting some oranges when I heard… → Read More
Woman Feels Something Strange As She’s Walking Her Daughter. When She Gets to a Bathroom She Sees It
Anyone who has suffered a miscarriage knows the special grief that comes with losing an unborn child. Not only has the mom-to-be lost the baby whom she never had the chance to meet, but she additionally must go through some of the effects of birth. One mom, who wishes to be left anonymous, knows all too well the often invalidated sadness that comes with such a loss. In her post on Jigsaw… → Read More
Teen Was Sick for Months and Doctors Didn’t Know Why. Then Mom Stopped Ignoring Her Gut
It all started after a trip to the county fair. → Read More
Parents Take Baby to Hospital for Surgery. What Staff Find When They Enter the Room is Haunting.
"....Which makes the harrowing scene so difficult to handle." → Read More
General Hospital Star is Ecstatic to Find Out She’s Having a Girl. Then Came the Devastating News.
"I didn’t need to learn this lesson. I wasn’t interested." → Read More
She Reaches in a Kitchen Cabinet with Wet Hands. What Hits Her in the Nose Leads to a Startling Find
It is not often that one can point to an inanimate object and say, “this is what saved my life.” But in Colleen Rowe’s case, it all comes back to a bowl. In December of 2004, Colleen was cooking in her kitchen when she reached up to grab a bowl from a cabinet. > “I had soap on my hands and when I went to reach for the bowl my hands were a little slippery so it slipped out of my hands and hit my… → Read More
Chick-fil-A Is Known for Never Doing It. What Just Happened in Texas Made Them Break Their Own Rule
Since their inception in 1946, popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A has been adamant about remaining closed on Sundays. For the founders of Chick-fil-A, Sunday is marked as a day of rest, a day for employees to spend time with family and “worship if they so choose.” > In rare move, Chick-Fil-A opens on Sunday to help tornado victims: https://t.co/PjIBQLDTE4 pic.twitter.com/u7qRpd6xuk — WSB-TV… → Read More
He Killed 4 and Got Off Because He Was Rich. Now Authorities Find Him 1000 Miles Away
Eighteen-year-old Ethan Couch first made headlines back in 2013, when he received only ten years probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash. The court’s reasoning for giving him probation as opposed to twenty years jail time, as is common in similar cases? They concurred that Couch suffered from “affluenza,” a term that a psychologist used to describe Couch’s inability to… → Read More
Mom Has a ‘Proud’ Reason for Starring in Porn Films- And Some People Just Aren’t Buying It
Being a single mother has its challenges, particularly around the holidays. But one woman was so set on making her son happy, she went to extreme lengths. Twenty-year-old Megan Clara tells Mirror that it was difficult to provide Christmas gifts for her son Ashton last year, as she was scraping by on about $120 a week. > “Last Christmas I could barely scrape any money together, it was really… → Read More
Woman Usually Comes in to Buy Stamps. When She Starts Mailing Packages Worker Senses Something’s Up
As a twenty-nine year U.S. Postal Service veteran, Debbie Hill has gotten to know the mailing tendencies of her patrons. So when an elderly woman — who generally only stops by to buy stamps — started coming in to her Florence, South Carolina branch to send out Express Mail parcels, Hill sensed something was not right. She explains to SC Now: > “I know a lot of my customers. I’ve watched parents… → Read More
Little Boy At Hospital Says He Was Pushed & Told to ‘Go Back Home.’ Then He Reveals Who Did It.
At just two-and-a-half years old, Casen Broussard was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer that “develops from immature nerve cells,” usually in the adrenal glands on top of the kidneys. Ever since, his life has been anything but normal. Making it even more abnormal? The now four-year-old says he has had conversations with Jesus. According to WLBT, Casen began telling his… → Read More
This Photo of Elderly Man Teaching Boy How To Tie His Tie Is Exactly What America Needs
With the hustle and bustle surrounding subway stations, it is easy to get lost in the crowd. Everyone is rushing to get to their next destination. But sometimes, when individuals stop and take a look around them, they are able to witness incredible human interactions. Such was the case for Redd Desmond Thomas. As he was waiting at a MARTA station in Atlanta, he noticed an older woman approach a… → Read More
When She Heard His Name, She Tells Her Sister No. She Doesn’t Believe Her Until She Wakes Him Up.
Her sister, Jackie Gillies, may be a star on the Bravo hit, “Real Housewives of Melbourne,” but Angela Ivancevic is making waves for a very different reason. A survivor of domestic violence, Ivancevic has decided to share her story. > A photo posted by angegozzi (@angegozzi) on Aug 26, 2014 at 4:00pm PDT When she met her former husband, Peter Stojanovsk, Ivancevic was in nursing school.… → Read More
Little Girl Told Her Mom That Teachers Were Rushing Her to Eat Lunch. Then They Get the Phone Call
A choking incident in a Brooklyn, New York, school cafeteria has left a seven-year-old girl dead and a family seeking answers. Noelia-Lisa Echavarria, a second grader at P.S. 250 in Williamsburg, was enjoying a sandwich during her lunch period when the unthinkable happened. Known by her family to be a slow eater, her parents say she was most likely hurrying to finish her meal. According to the… → Read More