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The lyrics of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" are officially credited to his childhood friend Vincent "Tata" Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in the Jamaican ghetto where Marley grew up.
Marley gave Ford credit for writing the song so that the royalty payments could keep the soup kitchen open.
Two coworkers met in a restroom at work and started talking while washing their hands.
That simple conversation ended up saving two lives.
Tia Wimbush and Susan Ellis both worked in the IT department at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. At home, both women were carrying the same fear. Their husbands were suffering from kidney failure, and both men needed transplants.
Tia wanted to donate to her husband Rodney, but she was not a match.
Susan wanted to donate to her husband Lance, but she was not a match either.
Then, during that unexpected conversation, they discovered something incredible.
Tia’s blood type could help Susan’s husband.
Susan’s blood type could help Tia’s husband.
After medical testing, doctors confirmed it. Each woman was a compatible kidney donor for the other woman’s husband.
On March 19, 2021, the surgeries took place. Tia donated one of her kidneys to Lance, and Susan donated one of hers to Rodney.
Two wives, two husbands, two families, and one rare act of love that connected them forever.
What began as a normal workday conversation became a life-saving miracle.
A recent storm in New York unexpectedly uncovered a grave that had been hidden for over a century.
On June 18, powerful winds swept through Rochester, causing a large Norway maple tree to fall in Mount Hope Cemetery. As its roots were torn from the ground, they exposed a gravestone that had been buried beneath soil and debris for more than 100 years.
The marker belongs to Edna Amelia Goodman Allen, born in 1892 and who died in 1918 at the age of 26. Cemetery records shared by Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery indicate she was survived by her husband, John D. Allen, a son, her mother, and six siblings.
Staff noted that the stone had been almost entirely covered over time, likely due to shifting soil and the gradual growth of the tree’s root system. When the storm uprooted the tree, it brought the long-hidden memorial back to the surface.
The headstone is believed to be in surprisingly good condition for its age, requiring only cleaning, with the inscription still clearly readable. Cemetery historians are now reviewing records to better understand how the stone came to be so deeply buried and whether it has remained in its original burial location.
The National Weather Service reported wind gusts reaching up to around 55 mph (89 km/h), alongside heavy rain and thunderstorms across the area, with multiple trees reported down.
Mount Hope Cemetery, one of Rochester’s oldest burial grounds, is partly cared for by volunteers who help preserve and restore its historic landscape. Once the site is cleared and stabilised, restoration work on the grave is expected to follow.
Source: AccuWeather (“Storm knocks down tree, exposes hidden 100-year-old gravestone”)
Sociable Weavers are small birds found in southern Africa known for their extraordinary communal nesting behaviour.
They build massive, apartment-like nests
Multiple generations of birds may share and expand the same nest over time.
Platypus is so weird that the scientists who first discovered it thought it was fake. The European explorers assumed an egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed, venomous mammal had to be an elaborate hoax
Look west after sunset tonight to catch a mini planetary parade.
On June 12, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter will appear together low in the western sky shortly after sunset, forming one of the most accessible planetary alignments of 2026.
All three can be seen with the naked eye. Venus will be the brightest and easiest to spot, glowing strongly in the twilight. Jupiter will also stand out as a bright point nearby, while Mercury will sit much closer to the horizon, making it the hardest to find.
The ideal viewing window is around 30 to 60 minutes after sunset, when the sky is still bright but the planets are visible.
No telescope is needed just a clear, unobstructed view of the western horizon should be enough to see the lineup.
Although they look close together in the sky, the planets are actually extremely far apart in space. Their alignment is only an optical effect caused by all planets orbiting the Sun in roughly the same flat plane.
The display continues beyond tonight. In the days that follow, the arrangement shifts, and around June 16–17, a thin crescent Moon joins the scene, making the sky even more striking.
Mercury also reaches one of its best viewing positions around mid-June, giving a rare chance to spot the usually elusive planet.
If skies are clear, step outside after sunset and look low to the west you’ll see three worlds briefly sharing the evening sky.