If you’ve ever visited Japan or other parts of Asia, you’ve probably seen those small, maneki-neko ornaments waving at you from window stores and wondered what they mean. Also known as the welcoming cat, money cat, and happy cat, this figurine is a symbol of good fortune for business. Today, […]
If you ever visit the Merchants’ Square supermarket in Carmel, Indiana, you may be surprised to find shelves without groceries, but rather books. This former food supermarket was recently taken over by the Carmel Clay Public Library that transformed the space into a temporary home for their literary collection. Empty […]
The Scotch whisky maker Glenfiddich started converting its trucks for delivery to run on low-emission biogas that’s produced from waste products from their own whisky distillery. The representatives of the brand say this move is part of their closed-loop sustainability initiative. For the purposes of this change, the company began […]
This single mom expressed her gratitude online for the immense love and support she got from strangers. Two weeks ago, she shared on Reddit about making her son a stuffed manta ray for his b-day as she didn’t have any money to just buy him one. She said her son […]
This boy from Britain began sleeping in a tent last year, inspired by a tragedy that happened to his neighbor. The goal was to raise money in memory of his neighbor Rick who died from cancer and donate them to the hospice that cared for Rick. Days after Britain went […]
These two 3-year-olds became besties after spending time together in an Arizona hospital while they were both getting treatment for cancer. Now, both of the children are in remission and had the sweetest get-together outside of the hospital rooms. Mack Porter and Payson Altice were treated for different types of […]
This man from Texas is making canes for veterans and he’s doing it with old Christmas trees. The US Army veteran Jamie Willis began the Canes for Veterans Central Texas in 2016 when he became aware that he wasn’t the sole veteran in need of a cane that’s tough, safe, […]
Back in 2016, two brothers from New York left their jobs after they realized how unfulfilled they felt. And, they decided to pursue something else and dedicate some part of their time to helping people. This was a bold, yet scary move. One day, they also came up with an […]
This good Samaritan decided to use his $900 savings to do a nice thing for the nurses from Detroit who’re on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus. Allen Marshall spent a Wednesday and Thursday at an Exxon station near the Detroit Medical Center holding a sign saying […]
According to a study published in the Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, people who are emphatic or able to feel others’ sadness or happiness deeply also tend to process music differently in their brains than those who’re less emphatic. The head of the study, Zachary Wallmark, who’s also an assistant professor […]
