Off-Topic Good News Thread

[Juanka]

What an amazing human being. I love seeing stuff like this. God bless that man.

 

[JD08]

the spots will open back up but i doubt he has formally declined any of the schools where he has been accepted.

i'll also note that college applications are ~$75 apiece. so this kid spent $10k on college applications. i think that is gross.

Now let's talk about the millions in scholarship money.

 

[Brains]

the spots will open back up but i doubt he has formally declined any of the schools where he has been accepted.

i'll also note that college applications are ~$75 apiece. so this kid spent $10k on college applications. i think that is gross.

Yes. Although I no longer remember the details, I am reminded of the high schools in Palm Beach County nominating the same kid for 15 of the categories in the Pathfinder Awards, even though the rules were clear that you can only actually win one of them. It was so stupid and lazy, especially when there were far better candidates for particular categories.

 

[IndayArtHauz]

TN child receives new teddy bear with mother’s heartbeat

Thanks to a group effort between Build-A-Bear, a radio station and Goodwill, a 4-year-old girl has received a new teddy bear with her mother’s heartbeat after her bear was lost last month.

www.wate.com

This is a wonderful local story that went national. Has a very happy ending.

 

[DerpaDerp]

How do they slow down so slow like that to create that vapor cone? You'd think the plane would fall out of the sky and kill everyone's.
They have air brakes I bet huh?

 

[IndayArtHauz]

How do they slow down so slow like that to create that vapor cone? You'd think the plane would fall out of the sky and kill everyone's.
They have air brakes I bet huh?

I was confused too. If you look closely at the lower left of the screen near the 13-14 second mark, you’ll clearly see a teenage boy pushing gravitons around the jet as it passes by.

 

[DerpaDerp]

I was confused too. If you look closely at the lower left of the screen near the 13-14 second mark, you’ll clearly see a teenage boy pushing gravitons around the jet as it passes by.

I had no idea. Cool!

 

[pubmedu]

Pictured: humpback waves at passing whale watchers in California

Photographer Jodi Frediani from Santa Cruz captured the stunning moment a humpback whale in Monterey Bay, California, surfaced as if to say hello to boats of whale watchers.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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[JG13]

1. Australia is recovering well after the fires a couple years ago.
2. California's reservoirs are filling up due to the high snow pack this winter/spring. There's some flooding but the drought areas have greatly shrunken.

Good things happening out there.

 

[IndayArtHauz]

Does Mexico have a space program? Yet another thing I take for granted as an American.

 

[Memnon]

Does Mexico have a space program? Yet another thing I take for granted as an American.

Yes, they have Agencia Espacial Mexicana, but it’s fairly new being only 13 years old.

Agencia Espacial Mexicana | Gobierno | gob.mx

www.gob.mx

 

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[ddann]

Does Mexico have a space program? Yet another thing I take for granted as an American.

 

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