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If you grew up in a Latino household, you know the blue tin. You know the smell. You know the heartbreak of opening it and finding sewing needles instead of cookies. Royal Dansk is basically a cultural artifact at this point. So when TikTok videos started going viral claiming our favorite Danish butter cookies are “actually made in India,” the internet spiraled.

A Florida doctor is on his way to Europe after helping a patient live to see his 100th birthday. Israel Haimowitz, who celebrated his 100th birthday this week, told his doctor 15 years ago he would buy him an overseas trip if he lived to see the day. "He wanted to [reward me and] buy the ticket, but I really didn't want to take his money," said the physician, Dr. Robert Drimmer, from his clinic in Coconut Creek, Fla., about 100 kilometres north of Miami. "He insisted. He even arranged for a travel agent to call me up, so I'm...