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People Are Sharing The One Thing They Learned Way Late In Life, And It's Hilariously Relatable
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“I thought Mount Rushmore faces occurred naturally by coincidence.” As a Senior Writer and Content Creator for BuzzFeed and Tasty, I specialize in lifestyle reporting, viral human-interest stories, and travel/food media. If you're unfamiliar with this incident, it happened in 1992. 79-year-old Stella Liebeck suffered third-degree burns from McDonald's coffee that was served to her at 190°F. She initially only asked McDonald’s for $20,000 to cover her medical bills, and McDonald’s countered with just $800, which forced the case to trial. Stella ended up winning $2.7 million.