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A soldier desperately needed a bone marrow transplant. Thousands volunteered as donors. --- When the call went out over social media that Army Sgt. Derrick Bishop, of the 82nd Airborne Division, needed a bone marrow transplant, thousands responded in person and [...]

One of the coolest things about living in a world with a variety of cultures is that it can help you have newfound appreciation for things in your everyday life that might otherwise be taken for granted. Your daily [...]

Some people enjoy small talk and are naturally good at it. For others, it feels like mental and emotional torture. There are many reasons why people are nervous about entering social situations where they have to make small talk, [...]

Chair of ‘toxic’ Prince Harry’s Africa charity accuses him of ‘harassment and bullying’ on grand scale --- The head of Prince Harry’s Africa charity has accused the Duke of Sussex of “harassment and bullying” on a grand scale as she claimed [...]

Two longtime English neighbors are celebrating their joint 101st birthday, born on the same day in 1924. Josie Church and Anne Wallace-Hadrill have lived side-by-side in Oxford since the 1980s, and the great-grans have celebrated their birthdays together for [...]

Christie and Wesley Werts have taken the idea of a blended family to the next level. When the couple fell in love five years ago and married, they brought together her children, Megan and Vance, and his children, Austin [...]

A story out of Indiana shows a point that we often prove on Upworthy: even though some people out there do wrong, there are far more folks out there willing to do what’s right. Connor Stephanoff, an employee for [...]

Meals on Wheels volunteer saves man who was trapped for 3 days --- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) – The Meals on Wheels program is not just about food, it’s also a way to check in on seniors. A recent visit by the program [...]

Music is such an ubiquitous part of our lives that we often don't notice how frequently it enters our consciousness. (All the more reason to support arts education and pay working musicians what they're worth, but that's a whole [...]

Everyone needs a good handyman for those big (or small) projects around the house. Whether it's a task you've been avoiding or requires a skill you simply can't perform, they are there to save the day. So when Totsionna [...]