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November 18, 2025

Non-Profit Clears 300,000 Landmines in Sri Lanka, Restoring Homes for Over 280,000 People

In a bit of good news to brighten your day, British non-profit The HALO Trust has announced that it has removed its 300,000th landmine from Sri Lanka. Remnants of a three-decade-long civil war, the removal of these explosives has allowed over 280,00 Sri Lankans to return home after being internally displaced. When the civil war ended in 2009, over 1.

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November 5, 2025

Sumo Wrestlers Share Wholesome Images of Themselves Experiencing London as Tourists

As one of the world’s top cultural hubs, London hosts a myriad of events of all kinds. One such happening is The Grand Sumo Tournament, which recently welcomed over 40 of Japan’s elite wrestlers for the second time. Off the dohyō (the circular space a sumo wrestling match typically takes place), a different spectacle took place. During their downtime, the athletes turned into tourists exploring London in their traditional garments.

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September 12, 2025

Cancer Survivor Celebrates Her Birthday by Paying for Strangers’ Parking at Hospital Clinic

For her 63rd birthday, cancer survivor Krystyna Locke decided to give back instead of focusing on herself. After a 20-year battle with lymphoma, she knows firsthand how quickly the costs of treatment can add up. That’s why she chose to ease the burden for others by covering their parking fees at the London Health Sciences Centre in Canada.

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August 21, 2025

Scuba Diving Instructor Finds 99-Year-Old Message in a Bottle From WWII Veteran

For centuries, people have slipped notes into bottles and set them adrift, hoping that their words might one day be discovered by a stranger. In June 2021, Jennifer Dowker—a boat captain and scuba diving instructor who runs Nautical North Family Adventures in Cheboygan, Michigan—was cleaning the windows of her glass-bottom boat on the Cheboygan River when she noticed a small green bottle resting on the seabed below.

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