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Thousands Are Testifying to the Power of This Miracle Spring
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
In the Tailevu district of eastern Fiji, there is a remote spring rumored to have miraculous healing abilities. Crowds wake up well before dawn and travel hours to reach the spring in the western division mountain range. Ambulances make their way down the dusty backroads with men and women on stretchers, and these ill or…
Some Birds Use Songs to Find a Mate For Life
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
Certain types of songbirds have evolved to use their songs to find mates that they will stay with for the rest of their lives. Researchers discovered that each sex uses what is called the sound control system to convert sound waves into social messages. Humans do something similar when they use vocal sounds and speech…
Cab Driver Becomes a Legendary Philanthropist
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
Malaysian entrepreneur, Vijay Eswaran, is Executive Chairman of the Quest International Group, a controlling shareholder of Sri Lankan blue chip Asia Capital and is featured among the top 50 philanthropists in Forbes Asia’s annual list of Heroes of Philanthropy in the region. This list includes some of Asia-Pacific’s most high profile philanthropists. Eswaran is involved…
Reddit Compiles List of Random Acts of Kindness
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
Reddit is famous for containing all sorts of bizarre lists and internet debates. More than one person has left Reddit, Tumblr and other social media or discussion platforms behind due to both excessive negativity and chains of insults from anonymous users. Recently, however, Reddit called on its users to name “the most amazing thing a…
L’Oreal Hair Care Campaign Features Woman in Hijab
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
L’Oreal Paris UK has made history by featuring a woman wearing a hijab in a hair care advertisement. The ad promotes L’Oreal’s new Elvive campaign and features the beauty blogger Amena Khan, a British Muslim who wears her hijab in public and in the advertisement. Khan was excited to be a part of the advertisement,…
America Celebrates Her 32nd Martin Luther King Day
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating a U.S. federal holiday in honor of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, the first Martin Luther King Day was celebrated on the third Monday of January. Today, many people spend Martin Luther King Day performing acts of service in their communities. The day…
Balancing Body Positivity with Bodily Health
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
“Attractive” has always been a very subjective descriptor. Some women like men with facial hair while others cannot imagine kissing a man with a beard. Some men like women with short hair while others prefer women with long flowing locks. Some people want a partner who is much taller while others want a mate of…
Cancer Patient’s Last Words Are Her Wedding Vows
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
On December 23, 2016 David Mosher proposed to his girlfriend, Heather Lindsay, during an evening carriage ride. Just hours previously, Heather, a school psychologist, had been diagnosed with breast cancer. “She didn’t know I was going to propose that night,” David said. “But I said to myself, she needs to know she’s not going to…
Pope Francis Shares His Birthday Pizza with Sick Children
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
Pope Francis turned 81 on December 17, 2017 and decided to celebrate his birthday a little differently than most people would have expected from the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Over the weekend, the 266th Pope had a pizza party at the Vatican and invited some very special guests: sick children who were being…
Chick-fil-A Opened Their Doors on a Sunday, but for Good Reason
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Lesli White
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport lost power for about 11 hours forcing more than 1,000 flight cancellations, crippling the world’s busiest airport and leaving loads of weary passengers delayed and frustrated. Chick-fil-A, which is famously known for closing on Sundays, broke tradition by providing meals to thousands of stranded travelers both in and outside the airport while…
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