A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Kelly McDuff and her family had just moved into her new home when she was greeted by an unexpected gift: a homemade cake. “We just moved into a house and my 98-year-old neighbor just dropped off a cake to welcome us to the neighborhood,” McDuff wrote in the caption of a TikTok video, which currently has 14.5 million views.
Source: Woman who moved into new home has ‘no words’ after 98-year-old neighbor left this at her doorstep
Lovely.
Over the weekend Police Scotland called out Assynt Mountain Rescue Team after a sighting of the dog on some cliffs barking.
Source: Dog missing for a week rescued from Scots cliff ‘only had rainwater to survive’
Yikes!
A South Texas cat sanctuary struggling to keep up with its care of injured and hospice cats was on the verge of shutting down when it was rescued by a TikTok influencer and his community. The sanctuary director called the interaction with the normally Kansas-based influencer a “miracle.”
Source: Over 700 cats saved after TikTok star saves injured cat, raises $190K
Very cool story.
“Since he’s a deaf dog, we can’t just go calling out for him. He won’t hear us. I was so worried because we just got him and I was so scared of anything ever happening to him,” he told KTVI.
Source: Missing Deaf Dog and Deaf Owner Reunited in Heartwarming Moment Thanks to GPS Collar
Happy ending.
“She said her baby had been screaming for a couple of hours and I’m a dad — I know how hard that can be.”
Source: A frantic new mom called 911 when her milk dried up. This officer knew just what to do
So cool.
Both the man and nurse were preparing for a flight to Knoxville.
Source: ‘It’s a miracle’: Nurse credited with saving man’s life after heart attack at CLT airport
CPR (and AEDs) saves lives.
A Chinese woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach has been rescued 37 hours later after drifting in an inflatable swim ring more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) in the Pacific Ocean.
Source: Woman swept to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away
Wow!
‘My ultimate goal is to have trolls surprising people in every state,’ said Thomas Dambo, whose latest project is in Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Source: He makes giant trolls out of trash, hides them in woods for people to find (gift link)
Very cool.
A mysterious secret society stole, restored and returned a Kelowna man’s gnomes in a mischievous act of kindness
Source: Kelowna Capital News
Cute.
Researchers found differences in the gut microbes of autistic people, raising hopes for faster diagnosis
Source: Autism could be diagnosed with stool sample, scientists say
Fascinating.