Someone in Florida saw a possum spinning around in circles for hours and thought he was injured. But a wildlife rescue place took him in and realized he just had a really bad ear infection. It basically gave him vertigo. They gave him some antibiotics, and he’s doing much better. They’re planning to release him…… read more »
Here’s something to make you feel lazy: An 88-year-old guy in Greece ran the Athens Marathon on Sunday, and improved on his time from last year. He finished in a respectable 6 hours and 31 minutes. His message to people is anything’s possible if you just want it enough………….. Jenna and Mitchell Brotherson, a Utah…… read more »
A guy in Tulsa who’s colorblind recently got special glasses to help him see colors for the first time. Now footage is going viral of him watching his favorite movie . . . “The Wizard of Oz”. He freaked out when he saw the Yellow Brick Road for the first time…………… A Texas mom named…… read more »
The world’s first wood satellite arrived at the Space Station on Tuesday. They’ll drop it into orbit soon to see how it holds up in the vacuum of space. If it works, we might use wood for ALL satellites someday. It’s more eco-friendly when it burns up on reentry and doesn’t damage the ozone layer……………….…… read more »
A little boy in England is going viral after surviving his fourth open-heart surgery. His parents posted a video of him an hour after he woke up, lying in the hospital singing the Elton John song, “I’m Still Standing”…………………….. A construction worker in Vancouver bought a scratch-off lottery ticket for a game called Concert of…… read more »
A guy who calls himself the Barefoot Dutchman arrived in New York this weekend after walking across the country barefoot. He left Santa Monica in February and trekked 3,100 miles. He finished in Times Square on Saturday. It broke his own world record for longest barefoot hike. He did it to raise money for a…… read more »
Chick-fil-A employees in Houston helped a long-time customer with terminal cancer cross something off his bucket list. He and his wife have been to every state capital except Juneau, Alaska, and he can’t make it there himself at this point, so they took the couple’s wedding photo from 52 years ago, and photoshopped it into…… read more »
Lyft is offering discounts to help get people to the polls today. Use the code “VOTE24” to get up to $10 off Election Day rideshares, bikes, and scooters. It’s called the Lyft Up Voting Access Program and they’ve been doing it since 2014. Uber and Lime have similar deals today………………. An elementary school in central MO…… read more »
A six-year-old girl in England named Ada Hawkes had a happy Halloween thanks to a bunch of neighbors who learned sign language for her. Over half of the people in her neighborhood took time out to learn some simple phrases, like “trick or treat” and “you look spooky.”………….. A one-year-old dog in Canada named Phoenix…… read more »
This is good news if you’re traveling for the holidays and your flight gets canceled. A new law went into effect this week that requires airlines to issue actual refunds. If your flight gets canceled or significantly delayed, they have to refund your money if that’s what you want. They can’t just do vouchers anymore………….. The…… read more »