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According to a survey, employee satisfaction in the healthcare industry was rated the lowest

According to a survey, employee satisfaction in the healthcare industry was rated the lowest

The Story Behind This Viral Wildlife Photo Is Fake

The Story Behind This Viral Wildlife Photo Is Fake

There has been a lot of talk about “fake news” before and since the recent presidential election. But fake stories aren’t always political, as the internet is finding out this week. ...

Police Officer Has Awesome Dance-Off With Kid

Police Officer Has Awesome Dance-Off With Kid

One challenge police officers often face is how to forge a bond with their community. Many try to achieve this with cookouts, or by reaching out to children. One deputy ...

Veteran Wins Fight to Fly a Marine Corps Flag Outside His Home

Veteran Wins Fight to Fly a Marine Corps Flag Outside His Home

If there’s one thing most people can agree on these days, it’s that veterans deserve our respect for their service and their sacrifice, and should be honored for them. Unfortunately, ...

Man Goes Above and Beyond to Help Homeless Immigrant

Man Goes Above and Beyond to Help Homeless Immigrant

When it comes to helping homeless people, direct, personal contact and initiative can be most effective, as the story of Adam August and Tarec Atkinson shows. August, a 28-year-old tech ...

Woman Bravely Documents Her Skin Cancer Treatment to Raise Awareness

Woman Bravely Documents Her Skin Cancer Treatment to Raise Awareness

One of the many positive ways people are using social media these days is to raise awareness about health hazards and issues. When Margaret Murphy, 45, was diagnosed with precancerous ...

Man Uses Facebook to Find the Strangers Who Saved His Life With CPR

Man Uses Facebook to Find the Strangers Who Saved His Life With CPR

Facebook continues to confirm its efficiency as a way to locate belongings and people. On January 15, 44-year-old Bill Amirault suffered a cardiac incident during a half-marathon in Key West, ...

Rising YouTube Star Asked Her Dad to Narrate Her Makeup Tutorial

Rising YouTube Star Asked Her Dad to Narrate Her Makeup Tutorial

Dads are the best. They watch out for us, and come through for us in times of need. But they also really like to tease their kids. A recent YouTube ...

Woman in Walmart Meme Fights Back Against Online Trolls Who Humiliated Her

Woman in Walmart Meme Fights Back Against Online Trolls Who Humiliated Her

While the internet can make small miracles happen by inspiring us to mobilize and help others, it has also made it much easier to mock and humiliate people. Luckily for ...

New Guidelines Are the Same As Before: Don’t Clean Your Ears

New Guidelines Are the Same As Before: Don’t Clean Your Ears

Cotton swabs have many great uses, from touching up your eyeliner to removing dust from intricate antiques. One thing you shouldn’t use them for, however, is earwax removal from your ...

This Guy Built a Guitar With 3 Strings and a Shovel, and It Sounds Amazing

This Guy Built a Guitar With 3 Strings and a Shovel, and It Sounds Amazing

Some guitarists are passionate about their instruments and won’t stop until they’ve collected all the greatest ones (looking at you, Eric Clapton). But online sensation Justin Johnson is reminding us ...

This Injured Baby Elephant Is Learning to Walk Again in a Swimming Pool

This Injured Baby Elephant Is Learning to Walk Again in a Swimming Pool

There was some good news for elephants a few days ago, when China announced plans to ban all ivory trade in 2017. Today, there’s good news for one baby elephant ...

Why This Man Celebrating His 146th Birthday Might Be the Oldest Person Alive

Why This Man Celebrating His 146th Birthday Might Be the Oldest Person Alive

Officially, the title of the oldest person currently alive is held by Emma Morano, an Italian woman who turned 117 in late November. But an Indonesian man claims to be ...

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