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Firefighters in Tennessee came to the rescue of a curious puppy that got its head stuck through the middle of a disused truck tire. The Hardin County Fire Department said in a Facebook post that firefighters responded to the Savannah Read more
A trio of Nepalese climbers who reached the summit of Mount Everest earned a Guinness World Record for the most sisters to climb Everest together. Dawa Futi Sherpa, Tshering Namgya Sherpa and Nima Jangmu Sherpa said their quest to summit Read more
A 7-year-old from Sacramento was the unlikely savior of a 3-year-old toddler who would have certainly drowned without help. Last week 7-year-old Massiah Browne went down to enjoy the pool at the apartment complex where he lives when he noticed Read more
A study found that, despite being a 1-week wonder-kind-of-habit, people who study languages on Duolingo perform as well as University students with years under their belts. The most popular language-learning platform on Earth, Duolingo offers courses on more than 20 Read more
The Lesson: Having her own children, encouraging better work—family life balance in the office, and understanding the difficulties and urgency parents go through when they need a service related to their toddler, Jen Saxton knows that you don’t become one Read more
Archeologists uncovered an ancient 12th century pendant resembling the England National team soccer badge ahead of the first European Championships Final in the women’s team’s history. The 920-year-old relic, which bears a striking resemblance to the iconic national team’s crest, Read more
Last year, wiz kid Boyan Slat announced that “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch can now be cleaned,” after a prototype cleaning system proved successful. Since that deployment in August 2021, System 02 (or “Jenny”) has now collected 220,000 pounds (101,353 Read more