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Today is…National Tell a Joke Day

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To celebrate, perhaps we need to tell a joke!

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• Superheroes wash windows, surprise kids at children’s hospital

  

• Listen to music composed to calm stressed-out shelter dogs
• Michigan girls escape kidnap attempt by fighting, throwing hot coffee on a suspect
• Ring Lost In Middleboro Pond Returned To Owner 45 Years Later

  

• New York Public Library Is Now Lending Out Ties and Other Accessories for Job Interviews
• Quadruple amputee beats the odds to walk down the aisle

  

• Hero dad fights for life after plunging from a balcony to save his son
• TSA officer accepts a child’s dance challenge

  

• Youngest face transplant recipient in US history finds hope after a suicide attempt
• ‘Chemo baby’ born 18 years ago under extraordinary circumstances now a 2-sport athlete

  

• Wells Fargo employees help sort donated school supplies for Roanoke City schools
• After years of illness, hardships, and homelessness, the McCues finally have a place to call home

  

• Middle school teacher surprises his student with kidney donation
• Girl, 11, raises $10,000 to help save elephants – and she isn’t stopping there

  

• Neuroscientists Discover a Song That Reduces Anxiety By 65%
• ‘It wasn’t just saving one life, it was saving five’: State lawmaker donates a kidney to her ex-husband

  

• WWII Veteran Makes, Donates Quilts for Charity
• Michigan Woman Almost Threw Away $50,000 Lottery Ticket

  

• This fart joke will brighten your day
• Florida teacher battling cancer ran out of sick days, so school employees give him theirs

  

• Man rescued from mud with a parrot perched on his shoulders

  

• Have you heard about the plastic bag ban in Bali? But did you know it’s partly because of two teen sisters who have been campaigning for years to rid their island of plastic
• When a dad needed a new kidney, his children’s teachers donated theirs €” sparking a donor chain that saved not only his life, but seven others’ lives, too
• A Harvard Scientist Thinks He Has A Gene Test For Heart Attack Risk. He Wants To Give It Away Free.
• Tales of Amazing Teachers Who Went Above and Beyond
• Church Gives ‘Free Mom Hugs’ And ‘Free Dad Hugs’ At Austin Pride Parade

  

• University of Minnesota researchers have developed a prototype of a 3D-printed device with living cells that could help spinal cord patients restore some function
• Historic face transplant gives suicide survivor a ‘second chance’
• Craigslist Founder Donates $1 Million to Fund STEM Projects on Donors Choose
• Watching This Little Girl Read to a Sleepy Cat is the Video to Soothe Your Soul
• This Single Dad Wore A Pink Dress To His Sons’ School For The Sweetest Reason

  

• 60 shelter animals rescued during California wildfire
• The first Ford Mustang owner kept the car. It’s now worth $350,000
• A young cow is safe at last after fleeing captivity by escaping into the woods of upstate New York and surviving for nearly a year by joining up with a family of deer
• Jurors give $289 million to a man they say got cancer from Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller
• €˜I’m a teacher, not a student.’ Fresno teacher has a clever plan to stop the confusion
• Police Bodycam Footage Shows Officers Racing To Evacuate Animal Shelter In Path Of Wildfire

  

• Group Of Friends Pushing Past Appearances To Feed Homeless

  

• From August this year, a Colorado School District will transition from 5-day weeks to 4-day weeks, which means NO MORE MONDAYS.
• Marine Corps Lt. Marina A. Hierl becomes first woman to lead infantry platoon
• By 2030, the cost (of renewables) could be so near to zero it will effectively be free
• The Air Force has lifted its ban on dreadlocks, a €˜phenomenal’ change for black women
• Disney fanatic: New York family tries to jog memories of 38 visits in 14 years

  

• Schwarzenegger message helps inspire struggling fans
• Firefighter rappels down waterfall to rescue stray dog
• Vacaville police race to rescue shelter animals from wildfire
• Community rallies after band’s instruments, equipment stolen

  

• Balancing Act: High school junior’s to-do list: Get tampons and pads to girls in need. Meet Chance the Rapper

  

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