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February 11, 2022

Instacart Shopper on Routine Delivery Saves Elderly Man’s Life

One Instacart employee went above and beyond during a routine home delivery. Georgia-based shopper Jessica Higgs was hired by a woman to bring groceries to her elderly father who could not shop for himself; and, normally, Higgs would have left the supplies outside the house as instructed, but this time she had a feeling something was amiss and went inside to check. Her quick thinking potentially saved two lives.

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February 4, 2022

The Jamaican Four-Man Bobsled Team Heads to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

The snow-free country of Jamaica will be going to this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. For the first time in over two decades, the Jamaican bobsled team will be making its return to the event and will also send athletes in the four-man, two-man bob, and the women’s monobob—marking the first time in Olympic History that Jamaica has qualified in three bobsled events.

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January 26, 2022

Kind Man Rescues Wild Goose From Freezing to Death and Nurses It Back to Health

In most instances, birds migrate to warmer climates during the winter. But this one unlucky goose got stuck in the snow somewhere near Iraqi Kurdistan during an icy snowstorm and nearly froze to death. Luckily, a kind-hearted passerby came to the animal’s rescue just in the nick of time. When the man first encountered the bird, it lay sprawled motionless in the snow, appearing as if it had already succumbed to the freezing temperatures.

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January 17, 2022

Dog Lost for Four Months Is Rescued From the Snow and Reunited With His Human

For pet owners, few things are scarier than a furry friend running away and getting lost. Unfortunately, this worst-case scenario happened to Ricardo Rodriguez and his dog, Russ. In summer 2021, the two went on a camping trip near Lake Tahoe. The outing was going well until the pup became scared of his surroundings and ran away into the wilderness. Russ never came back to their campground, and Rodriguez couldn’t find him.

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