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Only the head cheerleader goes out with the high school quarterback right? Not so at McCamey High School in West Texas, where a girl with Down syndrome got the surprise of her life. Cesyli Prieto, a high school student with Down…
We probably don’t need science to tell us that cute animals do wonders for stress, but it’s good to know that it’s a verifiable fact. In fact, a Japanese study on the “power of kawaii” — ‘cute’ in Japanese — shows that people who looked…
In the latest piece of astonishing news to emerge from Nepal, 101-year-old Funchu Tamang was pulled out from the rubble of his home one week after the deadly earthquake. It was the day after the government ruled out finding any…
Since the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, the media has been saturated with tales and images of grief and loss. Amid all the destruction and misery, it is therefore, heart-warming to see an image like this surfacing: Four-month-old Sonit…
Developers who demolished a historic pub in West London, without permission from Westminster council, have been ordered to rebuild it “brick by brick”. The owners of Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale — Tel Aviv-based developers CLTX Ltd — brought in bulldozers and reduced the early 1920s…
An advertisement in the London underground has recently been met with a lot of backlash. This advert pretty much sums up everything that I despise about how we treat and value women's bodies. pic.twitter.com/PBZNyn8qop — Hannah Atkinson (@hatkinson_) April 12,…
No doubt you’ve heard a lot about Iran in the media. And it’s true, Iran is a truly evil and terrifying place. Here we present 19 reasons you should never, ever, visit this godforsaken land. #1. The capital city is basically…
Cats generally get a lot of flack for being cold, heartless and just plain unsentimental. But before you write off the entire species, get a load of this one-of-a-kind feline. Rademenes’ previous owners only had one thing in mind when…
It’s not that far-fetched is it? A man in Tokyo owning a giant tortoise and enjoying daily strolls around town. Ok, it’s not so run-of-the-mill, but this is Japan after all. Turtles have a lot of upsides as pets, such as…
His species decimated by poachers. His breed all but extinct. Sudan the white rhino finds himself in a decidedly perilous position. He is the last male northern white rhinoceros on the planet and the survival of the species rests solely…
If you’ve never seen a tiny baby bat swaddled in a tiny baby bat blanket, with a tiny baby bat milk bottle in its mouth, then you need to prepare yourself for these: CAN YOU SAY CUTENESS COMA? These pocket-sized mammals are…
On Monday, a man named Nelson Felippe posted this photo on Facebook. It has spread like wildfire since. Não sou preconceituoso, acho que cada um faz o que quer da sua vida. Mas acho um absurdo eu ser obrigado a…
Last December, photographer Osman Sağırlı pointed his telephoto lens towards a little Syrian girl and took a picture. Her reaction to this simple gesture — which was to raise her arms in submission — confused Sağırlı at first. When he looked closely at…
Korean designer Jeong Seungbin has come up with a plastic pot that has a unique cloud-shaped water filter. And it’s so cute it might just send you to cloud nine. This whimsical pot is aptly called the The Rainy Pot. Every cloud…
Meet Julia Günthel, the female contortionist widely considered to be the most ‘bendiest’ woman alive. Günthel, who goes by the stage name “Zlata,” was born in Kazakhstan. She discovered her uncanny talent when a preschool teacher complimented her flexibility. She was four years…
There’s a new trend invading social media, and it may be the cutest one yet. Tourists in Rottnest Island, Australia, have been posting one #quokkaselfie after another with the ball of fluff that is the quokka. Although capable of violence when provoked, these marsupials are #blessed with…