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The Best of 2022: Watch 19 Viral Videos That Made Us Smile This Year

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This year, we had the pleasure of watching and sharing hundreds of touching, adorable, and often downright hilarious videos across our Instagram and Facebook accounts. (If you don’t already, give us a follow!) The best part of the process? Seeing our social media followers like, comment, connect with, and, ultimately, make these feel-good moments from […]

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Meet the Posh, Prize-Winning Pets of Senegal: Ladoum Sheep

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Recently proclaimed to be “the world’s most expensive sheep” by National Geographic, the Ladoum sheep of Senegal compete in annual televised beauty pageants and are known to fetch upward of $10,000 each. In some cases, it’s considerably more: a purchase price of just over $80,000 was allegedly once recorded. To be sure, Ladoum sheep are

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Ahead of Eid al-Adha in Senegal, a man poses with a Ladoum sheep

Something Old, Something New: Designer Modernizes Hand-Me-Down Wedding Dresses for Brides

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“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”: The tradition, based on a 19th century Old English rhyme, encourages brides to incorporate one thing from each category into their weddings for good luck and a happy marriage. Dallas-based wedding dress designer Lovell Cox has given the saying a new meaning by reconstructing old family wedding

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Bumblebees “Play,” First-of-Its Kind Study Finds: “It Is Mind-Blowing”

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Bumblebees are known for being excellent workers, helping to maintain and operate a nest while also pollinating plants and flowers. But accomplishing tasks isn’t the only thing these social little buzzers do — they enjoy playtime, too. In a first-of-its-kind study led by Queen Mary University of London and published in Animal Behaviour, researchers found

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Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, and More: Inside Other Winter Holidays Celebrated Around Christmastime

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Carols are playing on the radio and in stores, homes are decked out with colorful lights and displays, and vehicles can be spotted with green spruces or pines on their roofs — all signifiers that it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, as the old Bing Crosby song goes. Christmas, observed annually on December

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Meet Flossie: The World’s Oldest Cat Is Almost 27 — And She Never Misses a Meal

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The secret to a long life is good food and lots of naps. At least, it is for a British cat named Flossie, who — at the impressive age of 26 years and 316 days (as of November 10) — was named the world’s oldest cat by Guinness World Records. Flossie is in good health

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Inside the History of Small Business Saturday and How It Started the Shop Small Movement

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In the classic 1998 rom-com You’ve Got Mail, a small independent bookstore owner and a high-powered executive who runs a wildly successful chain of mega bookstores (played by Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, respectively) meet in an anonymous online chat room. They proceed to fall in love via a wholesome exchange of heartfelt (and still

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Inside the 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: What to Expect, How to Watch, and More

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The iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has sparked joy for nearly a century, serving as the perfect accompaniment to a holiday gathering. This year, after two years of modified celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festivities will return in full force on November 24, airing live at 9 a.m. on NBC. The historic parade

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Renee Bruns Has Visited 110 Countries in Her Wheelchair — and Wants to Inspire Kids to Chase Their Dreams

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To Renee Bruns, the word “can’t” doesn’t exist. The intrepid 38-year-old has visited 110 countries and 15 territories — using her wheelchair to get around in all of them. Bruns chronicles her adventures on her blog, Wheels Travels, and she’s in the running to earn a Guinness World Record for the most countries visited in

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Renee Bruns in front of the steps that lead to the Great Wall of China

Celtic Ruler’s Ancient Ring Sells for Nearly $43K After Being Kept in a Cupboard for 28 Years

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An antiques collector in the U.K. bought a unique gold ring from a metal detectorist in the 1990s, and left it in a cupboard for nearly 30 years. The 66-year-old man, who wants to remain anonymous, finally decided to get it appraised this year — and was shocked to find that it dates back to

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