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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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September 4, 2025

Bestselling Author James Patterson Awards $500,000 in Grants To Emerging Writers

Even the greatest of writers struggle with their craft.

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August 26, 2025

72-Year-Old Wedding Photo Reunited With Family After Volunteer Discovers It in Local Library

When Helen Poniatowski started volunteering at the Sterling Heights Public Library in Michigan, she didn’t think she’d be at the...

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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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August 12, 2025

Kindergarteners in 1949 Drew Their Dads from Memory, and Life Magazine Captured the Results

In 1949, Doris Morcom, a kindergarten teacher at Sedgwick Elementary School in West Hartford, Connecticut, had a playful idea for...

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July 24, 2025

Kids Surprise Their Bus Driver With Flowers and He Can’t Hide His Emotions

Some kids bond with their teachers; others bond with their bus driver.

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July 18, 2025

Watch This Chimpanzee Reunite With His Rescuer and Go Straight in for a Hug

The more we learn about chimpanzees, the more we realize how alike they are to humans. We share 98% of our DNA with chimps, and if you need proof, this viral video might just convince you. It captures a chimp named Citron being reunited with an old friend—his rescuer, Fabrice “Fiston” Moudoungue.

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July 14, 2025

The World’s Largest Time Capsule From 1975 Has Finally Been Opened

Countless pet rocks. A vibrant teal suit. Thousands of letters, photographs, and cassette tapes.

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June 27, 2025

12-Year-Old Plants Over 150,000 Trees in Valiant Reforestation Efforts in India

How old does a person have to be to enact radical positive change in the world?

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June 12, 2025

Son Who Lives Abroad Surprises Dad by FaceTiming Him From the Same Room

Once thought to be something out of the Jetsons, video calls are now a standard form of communication. This form of communication allows people to stay in touch by seeing each other, regardless of where either party is in the world—whether that means they’re on different continents or simply on different sides of the same room.

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