A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Todd Hagan and his wife ventured outside their home in Switzerland County, Ind., once the seemingly endless torrential downpour subsided. They were stunned by what they saw. The wooden bridge connecting one side of their driveway to the other — their only access to a main road — was destroyed by flash flooding that hit southeastern Indiana on Sept. 3.
Source: Flooding destroyed a bridge in Indiana. A high school football team rebuilt it.
Nicely done, all.
Quinta Brunson, star and creator of the sitcom, revealed that the studio production team and ABC collectively agreed on allocating some of the show’s marketing money to help real teachers.
Source: Quinta Brunson Donates ‘Abbott Elementary’ Marketing Budget To Buy Supplies For Teachers
It shouldn’t be necessary, but it’s a very cool thing to do.
The United Network for Organ Sharing announced the U.S. recorded is one millionth organ transplant early Friday, a milestone since the program began in 1954.
Source: US records milestone 1 millionth organ transplant
We live in amazing times.
The latest generation of hard hats are designed to cushion the brain during an impact by absorbing forces that cause the head to spin.
Source: How a new hard hat technology can protect workers better from concussion
Seems a little geeky, but it’s pretty cool.
TOKYO (AP) — Three bottlenose dolphins were released into the open sea in Indonesia Saturday after years of being confined for the amusement of tourists who would touch and swim with them. As red and white Indonesian flags fluttered, underwater gates opened off the island of Bali to allow Johnny, Rocky and Rambo to swim free.
Source: 3 rescued dolphins swim free from Indonesia sanctuary
Very nice.
A family is on a quest to thank a stranger who paid for a widow’s groceries.
Source: Family searches for “angel” who paid elderly woman’s grocery store bill in Newton
Love stories like this.
A pair of long-lost brothers who were separated as children in 1945 are to be reunited for the first time after 77 YEARS apart.
Source: Long-lost brothers separated in 1945 are to be reunited after 77 years apart
Wow!
Nora Roberts said a community library getting defunded is “both appalling and sad …
Source: Best selling novelist donates $50k to library defunded over books with LGBTQ content
Love the response. Banning books is just … wrong. Read the books they want to ban. (In that spirit: Books Unbanned)
Asix-year-old deaf dog has found a best friend in his adopted family’s son, who has also lost his hearing. The pair were immediately “inseparable,” and son Walker is “wearing his hearing aids all the time now and doesn’t feel out of place.”
Source: Family Adopts Deaf Dog for Son Who Wears Hearing Aids: ‘Saved Each Other’
The proper pet can make such a difference.
“As soon as I saw her face, I was like okay, she’s the one that needs to come to my house,” said veterinarian Amy Kidd, who only adopts senior dogs.
Source: An old dog was left at a shelter to be put down. Instead she’s living her best life.
Touching.