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First graders at an Alabama school moved quickly to get help when they saw their teacher was having a medical emergency.

Source: First graders save Alabama teacher from medical emergency

Well done, kids!

As she was walking home from her favorite bookstore, NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly realized she lost her wallet. Just as she was about to cancel her credit cards a man reached out saying he had found it.

Source: This NPR host lost her wallet, but the way it was returned has stuck with her

Nicely done.

Spiegel and Kerr, who have been married since 2017, gave the commencement speech and got honorary degrees from Otis College of Art and Design. Then they surprised graduates with a gift of their own.

Source: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr paid off art school graduates’ student loans

Remarkable.

Famous for his adorable Instagram posts and music video cameos, Doug The Pug has added a new layer to his platform: raising funds for children battling cancer.

Source: Doug the Pug Raises Thousands, Supports Children With Cancer

Not all social media is bad, either.

By stimulating damaged visual cells with ultrasound, it is possible to heal the damaged cells and restore vision.

Source: 👁 Ultrasound can help visually impaired see again

Fascinating.

California nonprofit Clean Up the Lake organized volunteer scuba divers to remove litter from the Lake Tahoe’s entire 72-mile shoreline.

Source: Scuba Divers Remove More Than 25,000 Pounds of Debris From Lake Tahoe – EcoWatch

Great!

A woman suffered a medical episode while driving down a busy Boynton Beach, Fla., intersection, leading a group of strangers to spring into action.

Source: Drivers rush to stop runaway car: ‘Strangers working together’

Impressive and scary.

Teenage treasure hunter George Tindale used a heavy-duty magnet to pull up a safe containing thousands, and tracked down the owner.

Source: Teen Finds a Safe Containing Thousands on Bottom of River – Tracks Down Owner Who’d Been Robbed 22 Years ago

Many cool points to this story. Nicely done!

An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.

Source: Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste

I hope it pans out.

 

Sherry Noppe’s black Labrador, Max, never left her side, her family said.

Source: A woman with dementia went missing. Her dog’s barks led to her rescue.

Good dog!