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03/25/2020

We could all use a little extra something to keep our sanity right now. Here are 4 peaceful beach images to meditate on. What are your coping tactics right now?

03/25/2020

Can you guess how many champagne bottles that Champagne, France ships each year?
322 Million bottles!

03/25/2020

You've probably heard of the bystander effect (AKA bystander apathy) before, although maybe not by name. It's the psychological claim that people are less likely to help a victim when there are other people around them. A recent large-scale study used CCTV footage in Amsterdam, Lancaster (UK) and Cape Town to analyze violent incidents. In nine out of ten cases of violence, a bystander stepped in to assist victims, completely going against the bystander effect. Sometimes it's hard to see the good in people, but we might be a little bit better as a species than what we previously thought.

03/24/2020

Nellie Bly: Born Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, Nellie Bly made a name for herself (see what we did there?) as a pioneer in investigative journalism writing an expose on the brutality and neglect present at two insane asylums. In 1888, inspired by Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days," Bly decided to take her own trip around the world and beat the fictional record of the book. She made it, traveling almost entirely by herself, in seventy-two days.

03/24/2020

With fewer people visiting and volunteering at shelters, and some shelters closing altogether, folks are taking advantage of having to work from home and stepping up to foster animals. It's comforting to have a companion during these tough times.

03/24/2020

Green River Lakes is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming. With 3.4 million acres of forest, it is the 3rd largest National Forest outside of Alaska. Green River Lakes is located behind the Wild River Range and is considered the headwaters of the Green River, which runs 730 miles through Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. It's the perfect place to enjoy the outdoors, with many activities such as fishing, hiking, horseback riding, and many more!

03/23/2020