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Photo credit: Canva – Theodore Roosevelt overcame many tragedies and offered helpful life advice for grief and depression.

Health, Science

Teddy Roosevelt’s method for overcoming grief and depression holds up more than 100 years later

Emily Shiffer

6/18/2026
John Harkes coaching a payer at the Summer of '94 community event.

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Culture, Skills

The best coaches know the child in front of them matters more than the score in front of them.

Kylee Van Dillen

10/6/2026
Photo credit: Photo by David Shankbone/Wikipedia – High schoolers in the 2000s.

Culture, Nostalgia

Video of students walking into high school in 2006 is bringing Millennials back to a more carefree time

Emily Shiffer

6/18/2026
Photo credit: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America – Mentor Matt, 33, and his Little Brother Sterling, 16, have been matched since 2017 in Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

Culture, Wholesome

After beating leukemia with support from his mentor, this teen stood by him through brain surgery

Emily Shiffer

6/18/2026
Photo credit: X/Office of Vice President of the United States – Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance.

Family, Modern Families

Second Lady Usha Vance explains how she makes her interfaith marriage work

Emily Shiffer

6/17/2026
Photo credit: Wikipedia & Rene Strgar/Pexels – Queen Margherita of Italy is said to have inspired the Margherita pizza.

Culture, Identity

How Queen Margherita of Italy inspired the creation of the delectable Margherita pizza

Emily Shiffer

6/17/2026
Photo credit: Canva & Wikipedia – A woman holding a blue garbage bag, left, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup emblem, right.

Culture, Wholesome

Japanese World Cup fans brought trash bags to clean up post-game. People are in awe.

Emily Shiffer

6/17/2026
Photo credit: Joseph Siffrein Duplessis/Wikipedia & Library of Congress – Benjamin Franklin printed paper currency and invented new techniques to stop counterfeiters.

Innovation, Science

How Benjamin Franklin stopped colonial money counterfeiters with ahead-of-his-time science

Emily Shiffer

6/16/2026
Photo credit: Centre for Ageing Better/Pexels – Older people take part in a group exercise.

Culture, Generations

What it’s really like to move into a retirement community

Emily Shiffer

6/16/2026
https://www.canva.com/photos/MAEJHyecEqU-paying-for-gas/Rockstar Alice Cooper lost his credit card at a gas station.

Culture, Wholesome

Rockstar Alice Cooper left his credit card in an Arizona gas station. A camper returned it to him.

Emily Shiffer

6/16/2026
Photo credit: Canva – Family helping kids with homework at a table.

Family, Parenting

Teachers share the 6 subtle, but powerful signs that a parent truly cares about their kid

Emily Shiffer

6/13/2026
Photo credit: Canva – Gen Z is bringing malls back to life.

Culture, Generations

Gen Z is reviving mall culture and Gen X is here for it

Emily Shiffer

6/12/2026
Photo credit: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum – President Ronald Reagan and his Jelly Belly jelly beans.

Culture, Nostalgia

President Ronald Reagan was obsessed with Jelly Belly jelly beans. He ordered 720 bags a month.

Emily Shiffer

6/12/2026
Photo credit: Instagram/@rodneysmithjr – Brayden, 11, from Arkansas City, Kansas, has a goal to mow 50 lawns this summer.

Culture, Wholesome

Kansas preteen is on a mission to cut 50 lawns for free this summer to help those in need

Emily Shiffer

6/11/2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings#/media/File:Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpgMajor League Baseball cancelled all games on D-Day during WWII.

Culture, Nostalgia

Why Major League Baseball canceled all games on June 6, 1944 to support the Allied invasion of Normandy

Emily Shiffer

6/10/2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwIrecwfTy4The founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W. and Dr. Bob.

Health, Science

91 years ago today, a severe hangover led two friends to start Alcoholics Anonymous in Akron, Ohio.

Emily Shiffer

6/10/2026

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