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A Burrito Shop Put a Sign in Its Window. 36,000 People Had Something to Say About It.

r/MadeMeSmile

Community Wins

The sharp dividing line between a lush forest and the white sand dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil r/BeAmazed

"Brazil Has a Game Where You Win Groceries Instead of Toys" r/MadeMeSmile

Thousands of Cancer Patients in England Are About to Get Access to a New Immunotherapy Jab r/UpliftingNews

She Pulled Up on Her Motorcycle. Then She Said 3 Words to the Little Girl Watching. r/MadeMeSmile

Kids Making a Difference

A Baby Took Her First Steps. The Entire Arena Was Watching. r/MadeMeSmile

She Was 4 Years Old When She Saved Her Grandmother's Life. Here's How. Sunny Skyz

She Was 11 Years Old and on Vacation When She Spotted the Shark Wedged Between Two Rocks r/BeAmazed

Someone Left a Pot on the Stove Overnight. A Student Turned It Into a Life-Saving Device. Upworthy

A Japanese Teen Founded an Organization at 14. Now She's Changing How an Entire Country Votes. Global Citizen

Pizza Hut's 'BOOK IT!' Summer Reading Program Returns to Provide Voracious Young Readers with Pizza Parties and More r/UpliftingNews

9-Year-Old Girl Finds Hope After Meeting Pro Soccer Player Just Like Her Sunny Skyz

Uplifting Videos

These are amazing! 😄🌟 r/BeAmazed

Dog Finds An Injured Parrot And They Become Best Friends | The Dodo Odd Couples thedodo

I Rescued a BABY PARROT for My AVIARY!! youtube/Paul Cuffaro

Environmental Victories

Scientists Rescued 15 Salamanders From Hurricane Helene's Landslides. 4 Were Pregnant r/UpliftingNews

Scientists Were Delighted by a Rare Rescued Sea Turtle. Then They Ran a DNA Test. Good Good Good

A Trail Camera Just Caught Something in the Swamp That Has Scientists Talking Good Good Good

The Great Lakes Fishing Industry Just Adopted a Model That Wastes Nothing Reasons to Be Cheerful

A Tribe Near Seattle Started Flooding Its Own Farmland. Here's the Reason Why. NPR

Acts of Kindness

He Lost the Oscar That Night. What He Did Instead Has 21,000 People Talking. r/MadeMeSmile

He Couldn’t Hear His Kids Speak — Until a Video Game Changed Everything r/MadeMeSmile

Southwest Just Gave a Retiring Pilot the Send-Off He Deserved After Spirit Airlines Let Him Down Upworthy

Disney Just Re-Animated 3 Iconic Songs — and the Deaf Community Has Something to Say About It Upworthy

Medical Breakthroughs

Doctors Have Tried to Cut Cholesterol for Decades. This Treatment Just Changed the Math. r/UpliftingNews

Woodland Walks Cut Anxiety, According to a New Study. Here's What the Numbers Show. Positive News

Doctors Have Been Waiting 30 Years for This. It Was Just Approved. The Guardian

Animals & Pets

They Built a Bridge Just for Fish — And 58,000 People Watched r/BeAmazed

He Walks to the Pond Every Day. The Geese Know Exactly Who He Is. r/HumansBeingBros

A Kayaker Was Floating Quietly When Something Climbed Onto His Paddle. r/MadeMeSmile

A Calf Was Getting Petted by a Stranger. Then Mom Showed Up. r/MadeMeSmile

14 Toucans Were Smuggled Across the Border. Now They're at the Bronx Zoo Good News Network

Heroes Among Us

Two vacationing paramedics deliver a baby at 30,000 feet with a shoelace and borrowed blankets Upworthy

‘My guardian angel’: Oak Island guide diagnosed with cancer after tourist urges him to call doctor r/UpliftingNews

Middle School Students Save Their Bus Driver During a Medical Emergency Sunny Skyz

Boston Marathon Runners Stop to Help Injured Competitor Cross the Finish Line Good News Network

Working Together

Genius parents devise bedtime ritual: son is allowed to stay up late, but he has to run Upworthy

Seeds Can 'Hear' the Rain — And the Sound Waves Make Them Grow 30-40% Faster, Shows MIT Study Good News Network

All refs should take a lesson right here... this is what it means to ref youth sports. r/HumansBeingBros