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Researchers Tested Cat Loyalty and The Results Were Hard to Ignore
Cats have a reputation for watching human chaos unfold without lifting a paw. Researchers decided to put that stereotype to the test by creating a situation where a person clearly needed help finding something. A dishwashing sponge goes into a hiding place, and the cat sees exactly where it went. Then the person that cat…
Two Men Swam Into A Flooded Field To Save A Fox Stranded On A Tiny Rock
A family of foxes had spent the spring living around a rock pile in a field near Welwyn, Saskatchewan, close enough to Colin Graham’s farmhouse that watching them had become part of everyday life. Then, over a few days in June 2014, torrential rain transformed the familiar farmland into a vast stretch of floodwater. By…
8-Year-Old Louisiana Girl Dies After Rare Amoeba Infection Linked To Lake Swimming
An 8-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare brain infection believed to have been caused by an amoeba encountered while swimming in a local lake. Lillian Smart, from Ruston, died over the weekend after spending days in intensive care as the infection caused severe swelling and damage to her brain. The Louisiana Department…
She Went In For A Heart Checkup. Months Later, She Was Learning How To Live Without All Four Limbs
Leslie Caoili went to a doctor expecting a routine heart checkup in May. Instead, the 41-year-old San Diego mother was diagnosed with a life-threatening Type A aortic dissection, a catastrophic tear in the main artery leading away from the heart. Doctors told her family that she needed emergency surgery immediately, turning an ordinary medical appointment…
Brazilian Truck Driver Builds 1,700 Free Shelters For Animals Left Out In The Cold
One rainy night, Leomar Aparecido Miguel noticed something that was difficult to ignore. Stray dogs and cats were wandering through the streets soaked by the rain, with food and water available in some places but nowhere safe to escape the weather. Miguel had never worked in carpentry, but instead of walking away from the problem,…
Switzerland Found A Wild Way To Repair Highways Without Stopping Traffic
Road construction usually comes with one unavoidable promise: slow down, change lanes, or prepare to sit in traffic. Switzerland has found a way around that problem, and the solution looks so strange that people online have started joking that the country is already living in 2050. The machine behind the reaction is the ASTRA Bridge,…
CEO Who Fired 900 Workers on Zoom Before Christmas Has Now Been Fired Himself
Vishal Garg once had the power to end hundreds of careers with a single Zoom call. Now, five years after firing 900 Better.com employees shortly before Christmas, the company’s founder has been removed from his own CEO position and is fighting to get back into the office he once controlled. Garg says he was effectively…
Wetherspoons Draws The Line On Loud Phone Calls In Pubs
If you have ever sat in a pub trying to enjoy a quiet drink while someone nearby blasts a video from their phone, Wetherspoons has some news for you. The pub chain has introduced a new rule across all 792 of its pubs, asking customers to stop playing music, videos and phone calls through their…
15-Year-Old Girl Was The Only Person On A 300-Passenger Flight Who Could Talk To A Deafblind Man
About an hour into an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston, a flight attendant made an unusual announcement over the plane’s public address system. A passenger was both deaf and blind, the crew needed to communicate with him, and they wanted to know if anyone onboard knew American Sign Language. On a plane carrying roughly 300…
Firefighters Comfort Frightened 2-Year-Old Girl After Car Crash by Letting Her Paint Their Nails
A Utah family had just been hit from behind three times when firefighters arrived to find a 2-year-old girl screaming in the back seat. Her mother was pregnant, the crash had left everyone shaken, and emergency crews were trying to assess what had happened. Then one firefighter noticed the toddler was still clutching several bottles…