Some hikers in Colorado got a nice reward for reaching the top of a trail near Aspen the other day. Some guy had hiked up with a 60-pound pack of ice cream sandwiches, and was there handing them out to people. No one knew who he was. He was wearing an ice cream costume, with…… read more »
Author James Patterson wants you to finish that novel you’ve been working on, but, you’ll have to wait another year if you want to apply for this. He recently launched something called the “Go Finish Your Book” campaign, and just announced the 12 winners. Each budding author will get up to $50,000 to help them…… read more »
A woman from Argentina took a trip to Italy to see the town where her father grew up, and the Airbnb she rented ended up being the house he was born in. She didn’t realize it until she got there. She brought old family photos with her, and was planning to go search for his…… read more »
FL police found a five-year-old boy who recently ran away from home to go get breakfast at Chick-fil-A. Jacksonville PD shared the chest-cam footage on social media this week. His house was just down the street. He was worried the cops were there to ARREST him, but they promised he wasn’t going to jail. His…… read more »
Tonight’s Powerball is up to $1.3 billion, but I’d be fine with this much: A guy in Maryland forgot he’d already bought a Powerball ticket for the August 20th drawing last month, so he bought another one with the same numbers and won a million bucks. Each ticket hit for $500,000………………………..Denver is known as the…… read more »
A guy in Pennsylvania climbed onto the monorail at Hersheypark on Saturday and saved a little boy who walked out onto the elevated track. The guy’s name is John Sampson, and he has kids of his own. He told a reporter his “dad instincts kicked in.”………………………..Three brothers from Scotland smashed a world record by rowing…… read more »
You really should take time to “stop and smell the roses.” A study found the smell can boost the amount of gray matter in your brain and literally make it bigger. They tested it by having people wear rose-scented perfume………….. A 93-year-old U.K. couple, Keith and Edna Schofield, just renewed their vows for their 72nd…… read more »
A NY bowling alley is in the news for raising a ton of money for a good cause. Rab’s Country Lanes is getting ready to host its 22nd Annual Bowling Against Breast Cancer Bowl-a-Thon next month. It’s raised over $760,000 over the years, and it’s just one of the fundraisers they throw. They raise an…… read more »
An Australian woman shared a video after her mailman went above and beyond just to be nice. It was raining, and she had some stuff hanging on her clothesline, so he took it all down for her to keep it from getting wet……………………. Cancer drugs that have been used for two decades were retooled over…… read more »
A great-grandmother near Toronto named Carol Shyminsky went skydiving for her 85th birthday. It was on her bucket list, and she loved every minute of it. She says she didn’t tell her family, because she didn’t want to worry them. But when she told them later, they weren’t surprised. Her advice for people is straight…… read more »