Second chance: Loved Before is a U.K. charity on a mission to offer a fresh start to abandoned teddy bears and other stuffed animals. Charlotte Liebling noticed the sad fate of many soft toys and decided to do something to change that. These toys undergo a spa-like treatment before being showcased online for new families to discover. Embracing imperfection, Loved Before recognises the unique charm each toy brings. Alongside its eco-friendly packaging and charitable donations, the company aims to instill a sense of responsibility in people, especially children, toward reusing items to benefit the environment. While this may seem like a small step, it shows how everyone can make a difference.

Free education: Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City USA, is planning to scrap tuition fees, thanks to a very generous donation of $1 billion. This amazing act of kindness comes from Dr. Ruth Gottesman, a well-respected former teacher at the school. Dr. Gottesman's late husband, who was smart with money, told her to do whatever you think is right with their considerable wealth. This inspired her to make medical school education more affordable. She believes that by making such an education easier to obtain, that will mean more doctors with diverse backgrounds who better understand and serve communities.

Age fusion: In Seattle, WashingtonUSA, a preschool at Providence Mount St. Vincent merges daycare with senior living, uniting 400 older adults with children. Through activities like music and art, they forge connections at this senior care home. The Growing Season is a documentary by Evan Briggs that showcases this interplay and captures the transformation that happens among the seniors when the kids arrive. In the presence of the children, the residents light up with vitality, and the children seamlessly adapt to being with the older folks. The success of this model highlights the potential for greater integration of seniors into society, fostering understanding and empathy across generations.

Robot conductor: At the National Theatre of Korea, something incredible happened a robot named EveR 6, created by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, led the National Orchestra of Korea in a concert. EveR 6 is about as tall as a person and has a face that looks human. The robot conducted alongside human conductor Soo-Yeoul Choi. The concert, which was titled Absence, included two pieces directed by EveR 6, along with a special composition called Sense, in which the robot and Choi worked together. Choi was amazed by EveR 6's moves, but said humans still make the best conductors because they can listen to and guide the orchestra.

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. ~ Florence Nightingale

A man's mind, stretched to a new idea or sensation, never shrinks back to its former dimensions. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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1. Multi-celled organisms without backbones are invertebrates, fish, or mammals?

2. In 196 B.C.E., the Rosetta stone was inscribed in this Egyptian city.

3. What is the medical term for the breast bone?

4. Gelatin is a vegetable product - T/F?

5. The red outgrowth on a chicken's head is a comb, hairbrush, or hat?

No reptiles: Finding insects and birds in frozen Antarctica might be possible, but a life form not found there is the reptile. Those critters do not produce their own heat and wouldn't last long on the coldest continent on earth.

Long walk: Energetic folk who want to walk the entire length of Canada's coastline need to prepare for a long hike. The coastline covers 244,000 kilometres and includes the Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans.

Single spice: One might assume allspice is a mixture of several spices, but it is actually made from dried berries from the allspice tree, native to Jamaica. Christopher Columbus noted it on his second Atlantic Ocean crossing.

Great word: Somnambulists are sleepwalkers. The root words somn and ambulate relate to sleep and walking. Some folks with somnambulism have even walked around their neighbourhoods without realising it.

Pablo: The world knows him as famous Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. But his full name is Pablo Diego Jos Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Mara de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santsima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruz y Picasso.

Dancer: Can you stretch the music out a little longer? Orchestra leader: Sorry, this isn't a rubber band.

An actor fell through a trapdoor. He was going through a stage.

Knock! Knock! Who's there? Luke. Luke who? Luke out the window and see.

I recently bought a toilet brush To cut a long story short, Im going back to toilet paper!

I just bought some milk at The Warehouse. I only went in for a cushion, a wet suit, a pinata, garden gloves and chocolates

1. Invertebrates 2. Memphis 3. Sternum 4. False 5. Comb