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OurĀ top storiesĀ today are about: OnlineĀ egg price trackers who are holding Trump accountable, aĀ nightmare doctor story, howĀ BeyoncĆ©'s reactionĀ to a Grammys win became a new meme, and a user sharing asĀ little-known secret about Facebook Messenger.Ā
After that, we've got a "One Good Thing" for you.Ā
See you tomorrow!Ā
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ā” Today in Internet Culture
š„ EGG-CELLENT
Online egg trackers try to keep the heat on Trump over rising prices
People online areĀ refusing to let President Donald Trump ignore the skyrocketing egg pricesĀ after he said on the campaign trail that he would āend inflationā on Day 1.Ā
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𩺠WTF
āSo I Google himā¦ā: Insurance assigns this woman a new PCP. Then she realizes she canāt visit him for this chilling reason
Dealing with insurance isĀ rarely a walk in the park in the United States. But one womanās recent experience being assigned a new primary care physicianĀ took a particularly dark turn.
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š¤ POP CULTUREĀ
BeyoncĆ©ās face says it all: The best memes from her shocked Grammys reaction
With dozens of Grammys from previous years, this was far fromĀ BeyoncĆ©āsĀ first rodeo, but her reaction to her big win gave us something more:Ā a new meme.
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š¬ TECH
āLetās just delete all Meta appsā: User shares little-known secret about Facebook Messenger
One way or another, we all know the internetĀ has its ways of identifying usābut some companies, like Meta,Ā might be able to do it more than others.
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āGuys check your pocket changeā: Coin hunter says these rare pennies could be worth thousandsāhereās how to tell if you have one
Coin collection is big business for thoseĀ who know what to look for.
@huntcoinswithme recently posted a video about aĀ specific Lincoln Wheat PennyĀ that was sold at auction in 2023,Ā encouraging people to search their pockets for rare coinsĀ that areĀ worth far more than their face value.
āGuys, youāre not checking your pocket change yet?ā @huntcoinswithme said in his video, before sharing his screen of the Heritage Auctions website.Ā
While he says in the video that the penny was just sold, it has been over two years since it wasĀ auctioned off for $240,000. People on TikTok startedĀ tearing through their change jars and pockets, looking for theĀ extremely rare pennies.
HOW TO SEE IF YOU HAVE THIS PENNY
šøļø Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the 'net.
š AĀ mechanicĀ is going viral forĀ sharing the common mistake you are probably makingĀ when itĀ comes to your car's heater.
š³ Do you have aĀ glass top stove? If so, you might want toĀ hear this woman's warning about them.Ā
𦷠ThisĀ dentistĀ went viral after sharingĀ the one thing all of his top patients do.Ā
šµ Should youĀ be on the lookout for plain packagingĀ whenĀ shopping at Dollar Tree?Ā
ā½ New Shell gas station pumpsĀ have peopleĀ more annoyed than shocked.Ā
š„ From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā Here are the viral marketing campaignsĀ that helped shape the internetĀ as we know it.
š Question of the Day
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