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There is a homeless epidemic in most cities today. There are too many people in the streets and there is too little being done to combat it. When you hear of someone stepping in to help a person in need, there is no greater gift. That is why when you hear a story like that of John and Lolly, you can’t help but smile a little. John Lochlan is a veteran and was once homeless. In fact, one-quarter of the homeless in America today are veterans. These brave people that dedicated their lives to helping protect the safety of others are...

If you’ve been temporarily incapacitated, then you’ll opine that life can be difficult when some of the body organs are non-functional or dysfunctional. However, one woman has demonstrated that it’s possible to live a fulfilling life despite living with such challenges. Theresa Vereline is a retired Army Sergeant who has defied all odds to become the first-ever paralysed American to complete the New York City Marathon. Besides the health challenge, Theresa is also quite elderly. She is 65 years old! Marathon On November 1st, 2019, she the started the New York City Marathon by walking 10 miles with the help of...

Haunted houses are hard to come by. If you are someone who enjoys a late-night horror movie and you have a couple of million dollars spare then we have the perfect offer for you. A haunted mansion in Ireland has come up for sale and is being priced at the bargain sum of $2.87 million. So what are you waiting for?The 22 room mansion is found at Hook Head Peninsula in County Wexford, Ireland. The isolated peninsula means that the owner has their own private shoreline and 63 acres of land. The house is famous in Ireland for its haunted...

Christmas Island has an incredibly festive name. It became known as Christmas Island because early discoverers landed on the island on Christmas day 1643. The capital of the Island is called Flying Fish Cove but many maps simply refer to the capital as ‘The Settlement’ as it was the first British settlement on the island. Despite its remarkable history, it is the nature on the island that is most appealing. The island is shaped like a small dog with a national park covering nearly all of the island (only the dog’s head is not part of it). It is home...

Like several other celebrities, Audrey Hepburn helped fight against the Axis Powers during WW II, joining the likes of Roald Dahl, Moe Berg, Julia Child, Lucky Luciano, James Doohan, Jimmy Stewart, Noel Coward, and Ian Fleming, among others. Audrey Hepburn is a famed actress having starred in classic movies like Funny Face, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Roman Holiday, Sabrina, and My Fair lady. She had also won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Roman Holiday. Hepburn had a fascinating but tumultuous upbringing. Audrey’s father was a British businessman, and her mother was a Dutch baroness. She had spent most of...

Did you know that there are millions of homeless people worldwide? You may fail to realise this until you meet with a desperate person who spends cold nights in the streets. The situation is dire! Proper Meal While the cost of living is incredibly high nowadays, it’s crucial that every individual sacrifice a few bucks to help homeless people who can go for days without a proper meal. It is devastating to think that there are people who struggles to get the basic needs of life! One man in St. Louis, Missouri has chosen to help the homeless to live a relatively...

The pharaohs of ancient Egypt were buried alongside their belongings. They were very keen to protect their treasure, and it was important to protect it from people who would dig it after the bodies went moldy. The idea of booby traps and puzzles was initiated in the games and Hollywood. It was common for their very own families and the successors of the pharaohs to steal their afterlife retirement plan. But the pharaoh’s power was absolute, and they could do pretty much everything and anything they pleased to do. So, they would have the tombs of their ancestors looted to...

Lt. Hiroo Onada was a Japenese soldier during world war two. He took part in guerilla-style warfare which involved ambushing the enemy and damaging facilities. He lay in hiding for many years. When he was going to his post he agreed to never surrender to the enemy, never resort to suicide attacks and to withstand all enemies until help arrived. He took these promises to heart. Despite the war ending in 1945 he continued to believe in his fight for 29 more years.  Lt. Onada refused to believe the war was over and any attempts to tell him otherwise were...

This baby story is to justify the advantages of social sites. A woman named Christina DePino from Michigan was already eight months pregnant. She made a post on Facebook about the strange symptoms she was having during pregnancy, and that was to save her future baby life. She experienced continual itching while being pregnant with her first baby. Seeking advice to her strange feelings, she decided to post about the issue on Facebook, and what happened after the post was to prevent the fatal consequences.  She received a lot of responses from her friends, who warned her that she might be suffering from gestational cholestasis. It is a liver...

No matter what age you are there is likely a movie or a TV show with dogs at its core that you are incredibly fond of. Perhaps you are an older generation and most familiar with Lassie. If you are a millennial then you may be more familiar with the movie Homeward Bound. If you are even younger then ‘A Dog’s Way Home’ may be your preferred choice. These movies all have one thing in common, they show the incredible ability of dogs to be able to find their way home from places that are incredibly far away. This trick...