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There’s a reason why we have so many phrases and sayings about how important it is to treat someone kindly.
It’s because, well, it’s important. We don’t have much in this life, so it’s our duty to perform little acts of kindness whenever we get the chance.
No one’s life is without struggle. Every single day, someone you know is having a rough time for one reason or another.
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And in those times, simple acts of kindness can make all the difference, even if it seems like no big deal from the outside.
That’s the lesson that came home to roost for Kent State student Mackenzie Mauller after she decided to buy coffee for the person behind her in the Starbuck’s drive thru lane. She left without thinking too much about it, and was shocked to find a letter in her mailbox later that day.
Mauller tweeted about her experience and how it really reminded her that spreading kindness can have unintended consequences.
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The letter read:
“Thank you for the coffee! I rarely go to Starbucks and treat myself, but the last couple of months have been a bit of a struggle. My father just passed away and he was also my babysitter. My family and my children have had a really hard time. This morning my babysitter called off sick and I had to take the day off work. I decided to buy my kids breakfast and get myself coffee with total guilt because I am going to become a stay-at-home mom for awhile.
Since I was not planning on going this route in my life, I was not emotionally and financially prepared to quit working. I cried when I found out you were so sweet to buy my coffee and thrilled to see you a couple houses down from where I live. I felt it necessary to know that what you did for me was more than just a coffee. It was something that turned my whole day around, put tears in my eyes and a smile on my face and I feel so grateful.”
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Go out and spread your own smiles, people. You never know when something small to you will be more than just a coffee to someone else.
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When you are in a relationship with someone, you see a side of them that no one else gets to see. Oftentimes, this includes all the weird little quirks that make them, well…them.
Twitter users shared the quirky things their partner does for them, and I think you’re gonna enjoy all of these.
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You don’t have to be a left-handed person to understand the struggles they go through on a daily basis. I mean, why do you think Ned Flanders opened The Leftorium on The Simpsons? BECAUSE HE KNEW.
Here are just 20 of the soul-crushing things the lefties among us have to deal with all the time.
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If you struggle with poor vision, then you are all too familiar with what it looks like to see the world through a blurry lens. But those of us with perfect vision might not realize just how different of a perspective it is.
And that’s why South African artist Philip Barlow took it upon himself to create beautiful oil paintings that depict what people with bad eyesight see every day when they remove their glasses.
Take some time to study these, they are fascinating.
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It’s always important to see things from a new perspective, even if just for a little while.
So, in the spirit of that attitude, take a look at these incredible photos and the accompanying captions and remind yourself to look at things with a fresh eye, to keep an open mind, and to look below the surface.
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For women out in public, there is always a risk of being harassed, yelled at, or worse. Recently, a woman in New Jersey shared this tweet and it opened the door for other women to share their disturbing stories of being stalked. These are important stories and it’s vital that they are heard. This is the tweet that started the discussion.
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And the responses poured in.
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Be careful out there, ladies. And remember to always look out for each other. That goes for the good men out there, too.
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A Twitter user recently asked her followers to reveal a deep, dark family secret that they learned as an adult. In return, she (and all of us) were treated to a story that is simply amazing.
This is how it all began.
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And this is the response she got from one guy that no one will forget anytime soon.
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Other Tweeters weighed in after reading the incredible story and offered their thoughts.
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There are many places around our mysterious planet that are too treacherous for humans to enter.
These 10 spots around the globe are full of intrigue…but don’t attempt to venture there. Beware!
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In the Arctic Circle on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. If there was to be a catastrophic disaster, this place would preserve the world’s food crops and would restore the plant kingdom on Earth. It was built with that scenario in mind and can withstand earthquakes and explosions.
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This place is called Snake Island for a reason. The island is located off the coast of Brazil and is known as the only place in the world that is home to the endangered venomous golden lancehead pit viper. The island is closed to protect the snakes and any human that would be unlucky enough to cross paths with them.
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A small part of these tunnels beneath Paris are open to the public, but 99% of the 170-mile long labyrinth full of skulls and bones is forbidden because people will almost certainly get lost and possibly never be found.
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This island was originally used to house victims of the plague during the reign of the Roman Empire. Rumor has it that the ground is made of 50% human ash because of how many bodies were dumped and burned here. In the 1920s, a mental hospital was built on Poveglia Island. It is illegal to visit and they say human bones still wash up on the shore.
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The Chernobyl nuclear disaster took place in 1986 and the entire area was abandoned. There are certain areas of Chernobyl people can visit, but a 19-mile zone is strictly off-limits because of high radiation levels.
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This terracotta army of soldiers wasn’t discovered until 1974, and entry to Qin Shi Huang’s tomb is not allowed. The tomb here still hasn’t been excavated because researchers believe whatever is inside would not be able to be preserved by current technology.
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This site was once dedicated to the Roman god of death, Pluto. The cO2 concentration inside the gate was measured and researchers found that the gas inside pools and the bottom and forms a “deadly lake” when the temperature drops at night. The cO2 level would be enough to kill animals and humans.
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There are a million stories surrounding the super-secretive military base in the middle of the Nevada desert. One thing is for certain: the public is not allowed to enter the premises. The U.S. government actually denied the existence of Area 51 until 2013…so you know there’s a whole lot of top-secret experiments and tests going on there.
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A huge volcanic eruption that began in 1963 and lasted for three years formed the island of Surtsey. The land is now used only for scientific experiments. Scientists who work on the island are not allowed to bring any kind of seeds with them, lest their work be disturbed.
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This 13-acre island is located only three miles from Manhattan, but no one is allowed to enter. The island has a dark past and is currently abandoned. More than 1,000 people died when a boat caught fire near the island in 1904. The island then housed Riverside Hospital and Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, the first person in the U.S. known to carry the disease. North Brother Island was abandoned until the 1950s when it became the site of a center to treat drug addicts. Today, the island is a bird sanctuary full of crumbling buildings that is off-limits to the public.
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World War I changed the way wars would be fought for years to come. An onslaught of new weapons and technology made the battlefield more brutal than ever before. As a result, millions of men across Europe and America, if they were lucky enough to return home, came back with terrible injuries.
One person who attempted to right these wrongs was an American woman named Anna Coleman Ladd. She was a sculptor who moved to France with her husband in 1917 and founded the “Studio for Portrait-Masks”. Ladd created masks for men who had been horribly disfigured in battle to give them some semblance of normalcy for the rest of their lives.
Take a look at these photos of Ladd’s incredible work during World War I.
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Take a look at this incredible video that showcases Ladd’s work.
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