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Meet Li Li Juan, a former millionaire whose benevolent spirit led her to bankruptcy. The 47-year-old, from northern China’s Hebei Province, has adopted 72 abandoned children over the course of 19 years. She spent all her money caring for them, and is now facing a huge debt of over two million...

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A tiger that broke loose after severe flooding at the Tbilisi Zoo mauled a man to death Wednesday before being shot by police. The Interior Ministry said the tiger was hiding at an abandoned factory that had been turned into a construction market when he attacked the man Wednesday. The victim...

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A couple has made a whopping A$33.7 million donation to an Australian university for research into medical cannabis. The generous gift by Barry and Joy Lambert is the largest donation ever received by Sydney University, and the couple hopes it puts Australia at the forefront of medical cannabis...

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18-year-old Kyemah McEntyre designed a prom dress is anything but typical. The New Jersey resident, inspired by her African heritage, had a local seamstress from Markell’s Closet hand-sew the dress from McEntyre’s sketch. She explained the motivation behind her dress on Instagram and...

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Step Up Your Health With a Walking Routine On an average day, 30 percent of American adults walk for exercise and with good reason. Walking doesn’t require special equipment or athletic skills, yet it offers a host of health benefits — from helping you lose weight and lifting your...

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Believe it or not, the world’s most expensive cheese doesn’t come from cows or goats, but from donkeys. Made on a farm in Serbia, ‘Pule Cheese’ is made from Balkan donkey milk and costs a hefty $1,000 per pound! It is a crumbly white cheese, apparently popular for its...

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When the local hero found this man passed out drunk in the driver's seat of his car , he knew he needed to step in. He left a bottle of water and a note propped on the man's steering wheel. That note may have saved multiple lives that night: “I FOUND YOU PASSED OUT DRUNK WITH...

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Most people just get a letter from the Queen when they turn 100 years old. Not Winnie Blagden. The 99-year-old, who becomes a centenarian on Sunday, received 16,000 cards, more than 200 presents and bunches of flowers this week following a Facebook campaign by BBC Radio Sheffield. Staff at the...

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Buying an invisible fish has never been so easy — thanks to one sneaky sign-changer. Jeff Wysaski, the brilliance behind the website Pleated Jeans, has recently developed a Tumblr called "Obvious Plant." Wysaski designs creative and hilarious alternatives for pre-existing signage...

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We spend years trying to ingrain good behavior in our children. We teach them to respect others, and to always do what's right. At some point, however, they have to make decisions for themselves. These parents decided to put their children to the test.

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Vivid is a festival of light that saturates the city of Sydney in all its hypercolour glory. More than 60 light installations are splashed across nine regions with several famous landmarks lit up, including the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Rocks, Circular Quay,...

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Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure that was known for his popular aphorisms and his models of social interactions. These are some of his best life teachings. Confucius, Kong Qui, was born in 551 B.C. in the Lu state of China. His teachings were...

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Prom. Best friends. Forever. Image via Thinkstock. A time of great joy, bad dancing, and ... questionable decisions. OMG. You guys. What ... happened here? Image via Thinkstock. Speaking of prom, you may have seen this picture everywhere on the Internet. That sign was made by...

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Those most deserving of our love and affection are too often overlooked. But to be fair, we aren’t always aware we’re overlooking them. People enter our lives only to later leave them. Some stay for years, others for decades, some for minutes and hours. And then, you have those very...

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Located in the city of Chelyabinsk, in Russia, is a unique house built almost entirely of champagne bottles. The architectural oddity is the handiwork of a local resident, 52-year-old Hamidullah Ilchibaev. Fondly referred to as ‘Palace Oz’, the place is now a popular landmark in the...