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This Woman’s Memory Resets Every Day, Just Like ’50 First Dates’

Brain injuries left Michelle Philpots unable to form lasting new memories, so her husband reminds her each day that they married in 1997.

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Much like Drew Barrymore’s character in 50 First Dates, Michelle Philpots’s memories are wiped clean every day due to injuries she sustained in the past.

Each morning, Michelle, who hails from Spalding in Lincolnshire, England, wakes up thinking John Majors is still prime minister and Forrest Gump is the latest movie everyone’s buzzing about. Her husband, Ian, also has to remind her daily that they’re married. That’s because Michelle can only recall what happened to her up until 1994 (the couple tied the knot in........

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