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Hippo Tsunami Survivor

Inspirational Animal Hippo and the Tortoise

NAIROBI (AFP) – A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise, in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said. The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen, and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was …

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Socrates’ Triple Filter Test

Socrates and Guard and angel



In ancient Greece, (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.

One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?”

“Hold on a minute,” Socrates replied. “Before telling me anything, I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called the Triple Filter Test.”
 
“Triple filter?”
 

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Christian The Lion

Christian the lion - Real Life True Story

A TRUE, Heartwarming Story — Author Unknown Australian John Rendall and his friend Ace Berg bought the lion cub from Harrods in London in 1969 when the world famous store had an exotic animals department. Herrods had gotten the cub from Illfracombe zoo and it was on display at the …

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Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler - Real Life Inspirational Story

A TRUE Story about a World War II Heroine — Author unknown On May 12, 2008, a 98 year old Catholic social worker named Irena Sendler died in Poland. Here is why her story is so important… and TRUE! During World War II, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, …

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Flying With No Hands

Jessica Cox - Real Life True Story

A True, Amazing and Inspiring Story Oxford and Cambridge have now decided to remove the words CAN’T and IMPOSSIBLE from their dictionary. Jessica Cox, 25, a girl born without arms, stands inside an aircraft. The girl from Tucson , Arizona got the Sport Pilot certificate lately and became the first …

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A 4-year-old’s Letter To God

A True Story -- Author unknown

There is a kind soul working in the dead letter office of the U.S. Postal Service somewhere...

Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God, so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could, so she dictated these words:

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