What would you do if you found $100? What about $1,000? What about much more than that?
Source: Burlingame thrift shop manager finds $5,000, returns it to person who lost it
Nicely done.
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by Leo
What would you do if you found $100? What about $1,000? What about much more than that?
Source: Burlingame thrift shop manager finds $5,000, returns it to person who lost it
Nicely done.
by Leo
Animal rescuers in New York said they had to lift a 5,000-pound slab of concrete to rescue a kitten trapped 30 feet down a drain.
Source: Look: Rescuers move 5,000-pound concrete slab to rescue kitten – UPI.com
Lucky kitty.
by Leo
After accidentally leaving her doll behind, 9-year-old Valentina Dominguez was reunited with it after an assist from a Texas pilot.
Source: She lost her doll halfway around the world. A pilot brought it to her.
Nice story.
by Leo
New DOE Analysis Finds Energy Jobs Increased in 95% of U.S. Counties from 2021 to 2022
Source: U.S. Energy Jobs Have Increased in Nearly Every County
So cool.
by Leo
Structural materials have not changed all that much over the years, but a Florida company offers a new alternative.
Source: Real-Life LEGO Set: Putting Together a New Way of Building
Very cool. Reminds me of cinder blocks, but with much better material.
by Leo
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water.
Source: 3D-Printed ‘Living Material’ Could Clean Up Contaminated Water
Love this kind of innovation.
by Leo
Private pilots need regular flight hours to maintain their licenses, so why not put all that time and expense toward a mission?
Source: ‘Despair solves nothing’: How pilots in tiny planes are saving dogs from death
What a neat idea.
by Leo
Large majority of EU countries will hit 2030 solar targets ahead of schedule, according to new data.
Source: EU blindsided by ‘spectacular’ solar rollout
Impressive.
by Leo
When Scotty Kelsoe got a phone call from an old friend that an elderly lady in the area was in need of a wheelchair ramp at their home, he did not hesitate to jump into action. “I went to school with her and had built a ramp at her place some years ago and […]
Excellent.
by Leo
When Jimmy Lippert Thyden met his birth mother for the first time since he was snatched from her arms as a newborn, he held her and wept.
Source: He was stolen from his Chilean mother at birth — then found her 42 years later
Very cool.