Daniel Fairbrother, a 35-year-old guy in England, just proposed to his girlfriend while running the London Marathon with a fridge strapped to his back. You might remember Dan from when cops stopped him during a training run a few months back, because they thought he was a burglar. He did the fridge thing to raise…… read more »
Friday was Arbor Day, and a student at Auburn University set a new world record by hugging 1,123 trees in an hour. He’s currently getting his master’s degree in forestry…………….. A middle school basketball coach in Denver named Gregory McCoy recently finished up a year-long deployment in the military. And there’s a great video of…… read more »
Wildlife officers in Colorado saved two mountain lion cubs that got trapped in a reservoir’s spillway. They lowered a rope down, and one of the cubs latched onto it, almost like it knew what needed to happen. (Here’s the video.)…… Nature can now earn song royalties. An initiative called Sounds Right got streaming platforms like…… read more »
People on Reddit are praising a teenager who refused to drive his friends somewhere until they all put on their seatbelts. He posted the story on the subreddit, “Am I the [A-Hole]”. He asked if he did the right thing and got a resounding YES…………… A couple was digging up a fishing net that was…… read more »
A Girl Scout in Pennsylvania named Chloe Brit organized a prom dress giveaway on Sunday and collected over 150 dresses, plus shoes. She’s only in fifth grade but decided to do it after she found out a girl she knew couldn’t afford a dress. A seamstress volunteered and did free alterations…… “Horizontally recycled” diapers are…… read more »
Scott Weiland’s son Noah released a song called “Time Will Tell”, with his dad’s unreleased vocals on it. He didn’t want it out there yet, but someone attempted to blackmail him by threatening to leak it. (WARNING: contains profanity.) Jon Bon Jovi will be a guest mentor for the Top 3 contestants on “American Idol”.…… read more »
A hospital in Spain is bringing DOGS into the ICU. They’re therapy dogs, and they’re being brought in to help comfort patients. It’s optional, and patients in the program receive two visits each week of 15 to 20 minutes each………. The manager of a Taco Bell near Philly recently did CPR on an 11-week-old baby…… read more »
Don’t like fruit? A study at the University of California – Riverside found even just smelling it might help prevent cancer and other diseases. They found that the odor changes gene expression – which is how a gene gets turned on in a cell to make RNA and proteins……………… A 30-pound cat in Indiana named…… read more »
A 50-year-old wildlife photographer named Simon Dell lives in the U.K., and he’s in the news for the tiny village for mice he’s been building. He was feeling depressed a while back, and started working on a Hobbit-style village for them. You can check out his videos on YouTube. He recently added a pub, a…… read more »
A 12-year-old boy in England was out walking his dog when he saw something shiny on the ground. Turns out he found a gold bracelet from Ancient Rome that’s 2,000 years old. No word on how much it’s worth……………. A CT cop named Michael Harton is in the news five years after he saved a…… read more »