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Here’s why you should never, ever take a coin from a gravestone

It’s a sad thing to admit, but there are people in this world who will take items left on headstones and at burial sites. The internet is awash with stories of families sharing stories of items or ...

Boy hears whining sound coming from water – looks closer and realizes he has to act immediately

Whether it’s people or animals, when a life’s in danger it’s vital that you act quickly. Every second can make a difference; you never know how long you have. Those are exactly the circumstances that ...

Marine handed highest award for bravery after saving child from deadly river

MCSO Lake Patrol Deputy’s are working a drowning at the Salt River near the Blue Point Bridge. Adult male victims has drowned. pic.twitter.com/zRs33w2GZo — @SgtJEnriquez (@SgtJEnriquez) June 3, 2018 In 2016, Alex was sucked away ...

Childhood friends die on same day, half a mile a part as a result of opioid crisis

19-year-old Dustin Manning died on May 26, 2017, in Lawrenceville, Atlanta. At 6:09 a.m, paramedics were called to his home with reports of an unresponsive teenager. Dustin had died as a result of taking a ...

There is no shark: the reason people are terrified is much worse

© Facebook/WesWyatt Fifteen minutes earlier, a woman named Roberta Ursey, her husband, her mother, her sons and brother-in-law had gone down to the water to cool down and take a swim. Roberta Ursrey was just getting ...

Deadly rip currents sweep away entire family – then heroes form a human chain

With no lifeguards on the beach, it was regular folk who decided to come to the struggling swimmers’ aid. And they did this in the most brilliant way imaginable: they formed a human chain, writes The ...

Dad feels something below the surface, sees a foot and pulls lifeless 4-year-old out of water

It was just another Sunday at the lake with his family for Angelo Mondragon – until he felt something strange brush up against his leg underwater. “It felt like something you normally wouldn’t feel in ...

4 things you should never do if you get bitten by a tick

MaxPixel 1. Use fine-tipped tweezers Correctly removing a tick requires the right tool. Fine-tipped tweezers will allow you to work with precision and remove the tick without leaving anything behind. 2. Grab the tick as ...

8 celebrities who never forget the simple pleasures in life

1. Mark Zuckerberg © Mark Zuckerberg/Facebook When you’re as wealthy as Mark Zuckerberg, you can afford to buy a new designer outift for every day of the rest of your life. But the Facebook CEO ...

Nobody notices the child in the pool – then a hidden camera captures the horrendous next seconds

The incident took place at a swimming centre in Zhaoyuan City, in eastern China. A young child (according to most media reports, a boy) is bathing alone in a pool – wearing an inflatable ring. What a ...