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The Walmart heirs are worth $330 billion. Sam Walton's smart move in the 1950s is a big reason why.
Walmart founder Sam Walton gave each of his four children a 20% stake in the family business way ba…
Theron Mohamed
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Vintage photos show what it was like to eat at a diner in the 1950s
However, diners face an uncertain future. While there were reportedly over 1,000 diners in New York…
Erin McDowell
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THEN AND NOW: Illustrations of New York dating back to the 1950s show just how much the city has changed
"Every building and school I went to before the age of 13 has since been torn down," Gill told Busi…
Talia Lakritz
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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger demolished a 1950s LA architectural gem they bought for $12.5 million, reports say
Blockbuster actor Chris Pratt has caused anguish for architectural devotees by demolishing a belove…
Rebecca Rommen
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Vintage photos show iconic celebrity weddings of the 1950s
Black-and-white images of celebrity nuptials show some of the best wedding dresses of the era, such…
Melissa Wells
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Vintage photos show what it was like to eat at a diner in the 1950s
Scattered across the country, diners come in many shapes and forms, from roadside railcar-style est…
Erin McDowell
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Barbie owes her existence to a 1950s German comic strip
Barbie likely wouldn't exist if Mattel's founder hadn't stumbled across Bild Lilli, a plastic doll …
Grace Dean
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How Barbie went from poor sales in the 1950s to becoming the most popular doll in the world
But she kept selling and remains the most popular doll in the world. In July, the highly-anticipate…
James Pasley
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Warren Buffett swapped shares for cocoa beans in a weird 1950s deal. Billionaire Thomas Pritzker just told his father's side of the story.
Hyatt's billionaire chairman, Thomas Pritzker, recalled his father's first meeting with Warren Buff…
Theron Mohamed
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Gina Lollobrigida, one of the biggest stars of European cinema in the 1950s and '60s, has died aged 95
Italian actor Gina Lollobrigida has died at the age of 95, according to her former lawyer, who conf…
Eve Crosbie
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24 iconic photos of the US polio outbreak at its peak in the 1950s
In 1955, an effective polio vaccine was introduced by Dr. Jonas Salk, which dramatically reduced in…
Keyaira Kelly,Jake Johnson
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Miley Cyrus says she originally wrote 'Flowers' as 'the saddest song' without a self-empowerment message: 'It used to be more, like, 1950s'
Cyrus also shut down fan theories that "Flowers" was directly inspired by her relationship with Lia…
Callie Ahlgrim
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A photo of women snickering at trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr in Montana looks a lot like the photos of white people snickering at Black people in the 1950s
A photo of women watching trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr resembles chilling photos of white intimidati…
Katie Balevic
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Companies are passing higher costs to shoppers at the fastest pace since the 1950s, study finds
Companies mark up their prices when input costs increase. That just happened at the fastest pace on…
Ben Winck,Madison Hoff
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A New York bride wore a thrifted $50 ballgown originally made in the 1950s to the wedding she planned in less than 3 months
Natalia Lauer told Insider she intends to find someone to gift the vintage wedding dress to for fre…
Maria Noyen
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A man converted an abandoned railway station into a home that comes with a working 1950s train and tracks. Now he's selling it for $592,000 take a look.
Saughtree Station in Scotland is on the market.Geoff Mann, Saughtree Station/Savills
Mikhaila Friel
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10 slang words from the '50s that we should bring back
Americans tend to be obsessed with the '50s — just look at things like "Grease" and "Happy Days." S…
Gabbi Shaw
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Elon Musk's back-to-the-office demand is 'like something out of the 1950s,' says Australian billionaire
Scott Farquhar, a cofounder of Atlassian software, has hit out at Elon Musk's decree and invited Te…
Sam Tabahriti
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I tried a royal family recipe for scones that the Queen made for a US president in the 1950s. If you like American-style pancakes, these are for you.
I tried a "drop scone" recipe the late Queen Elizabeth II gave a US president in 1959.Paul Hackett …
Maria Noyen
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I styled my hair like I was in the '50s for a week and I was surprised by how many looks I liked
I decided to liven things up by trying a new 1950s hairstyle each day. I'm actually no stranger to …