The Happiness Report (9.13.22)

Delivery driver saves three puppies from burning home

An Amazon delivery driver in Lake City, Florida is being praised for her heroic actions after saving the life of three puppies trapped in a burning home.

The unnamed good Samaritan noticed smoke pouring from a house while delivering packages, and immediately called 911.


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Source: NY Post

Elementary school makes parents laugh in carpool line with celebrity-inspired signs

An elementary school PTA group in Ohio made morning drop-off lines bearable — by entertaining parents.

On Aug. 29, parents who drove to Austintown Elementary School in Youngstown for the first day of classes were greeted by a pop culture flashback: Traffic signs inspired by beloved celebrities.

"Can't park here!" read a sign with an image of rapper MC Hammer in his "U Can't Touch This" era.

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Source: TODAY

A woman surprised her husband with a custom love song and now everyone's in tears

A video that starts with a man bopping along to the car stereo has gone viral because of the delightful surprise it contains. Clearly, the man thinks it's just some random song, but soon the lyrics become oddly specific—and personal.

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Source: Upworthy

Eating capers activates key proteins in the brain and heart

If you enjoy capers, we have good news for you. According to a recent study, a commonly found compound in pickled capers, quercetin, activates proteins required for normal human brain and heart activity.

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Source: The Optimist Daily

10-year-old saves drowning mother suffering seizure in pool

Gavin Keeney is a normal 10-year-old boy from Oklahoma -- but to his mother, he's a hero.

A home security camera captured the moment when Gavin leaped into action to save his drowning mother who was suffering from a seizure in the family's backyard pool.

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Source: GMA

Here’s an Interactive Map that Will Allow You to Plan a Precise Fall Foliage Road Trip

A Smokey Mountains tourist website has created an interactive map that allows you to see how the leaves change color across the United States.

While the map is updated by first-hand accounts of leaf color, the team behind it actually built an algorithm to take into account historical temperatures, precipitation levels and weather predictions.

An autumn road trip to see the leaves turn red, orange, and yellow, whether you live in Virginia, Wisconsin, Vermont or anywhere else, is not always easy to get right.

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Source: Good News Network

Doctor Ditches Car Stuck In Traffic, Runs 45 Minutes To Perform Surgery

Dr. Govind Nandakumar, a gastroenterology surgeon, was on his way to the hospital in Bengaluru to perform a scheduled surgery when he got stuck in heavy traffic.

Realizing that the delay could put the patient in danger, Nandakumar left his car and ran for nearly two miles (3 km) to perform the crucial surgery.

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Source: Sunny Skyz