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Clever chimpanzee washes clothes after observing keeper doing it; video goes viral
According to the keeper, besides washing clothes, the chimp can also mimic other human movements, such as making a heart shape with his fingers and standing on one foot.
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Filipino surfer gives up shot at winning gold to save rival from drowning, earns praise
During the longboard semifinals event at the 30th SEA Games in The Philippines, Roger Casugay didn’t think twice about saving Indonesian surfer Arip Nurhidayat from drowning.
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‘Put one in every car’: Twitter reacts to video of Electric eel powering Christmas tree
In a statement, the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga said the tank that houses the eel, ‘Miguel Mattson’, is equipped with a mechanism that powers the lights on the Christmas tree whenever the fish discharges its bio-electricity.
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Donald Trump complains about flushing; Twitter has a field day
Twitter users brought out their ace toilet humour at play and couldn’t stop wondering how the POTUS knew about it with such confidence.
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Viral Video: Infant’s reaction after father switches on hearing aids win hearts online
Father shares a heartwarming video of his infant daughter responding to her mother’s voice after switching on the hearing aids.
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A duct-taped banana sells for $120,000, netizens start their own ‘art’ using other fruits
Two of three editions of the viral banana art have already been sold to two French collectors at $12,000 each and with growing publicity, the third now has been priced a notch higher at $150,000, which will be sold to a museum.
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Climate change forces dozens of polar bear to invade remote Russian village in search of food
The massive migration is reportedly due to the depletion of ice covers in the northern parts of the globe due to climate change.
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IND vs WI: Virat Kohli’s ‘notebook’ celebration is the latest fodder for desi memes
As #ViratKohli and #KingKohli started trending, desi meme-makers were quick to draw parallels of his celebrations and compare it with swiping big right on dating app, to writing a big cheque for buying onions.
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A boy invited his kindergarten classmates to adoption hearing, they showed up with hearts
Michael Clark Jr’s classmates filled up the rows of the Kent County courtroom in Michigan and even told the judge about just how much their classmate meant to them.
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Truck carrying huge blade of a newly-built wind turbine overturns in Turkey
The viral video shows the truck make the turn at a very slow speed, but as one part of the truck tilts over due to the weight of the turbine the entire vehicle tilts and falls onto its side.
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Lake inside Chennai’s Vandalur Zoo revived, video goes viral and earns praise for officials
The Indian Forest Department successfully revived the lake in the Arignar Anna Zoological Park which had dried up a year ago.
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Nagpur Police drops young woman stranded at railway station home, gets praise online
The transportation was provided as part of a recently-announced initiative by the Nagpur Police to drop women home if they are travelling alone at night.
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MP says traffic jams prove no slowdown in auto sector, here’s how people responded
Virendra Singh Mast, a BJP MP from Ballia in Uttar Pradesh, was speaking in the Lok Sabha when he said, “To defame the nation and the government, people are saying that the automobile sector has slowed down. If there is a decline in automobile sales, why do roads have traffic jams?”
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‘Tis the season: Delivery man’s cheerful response to holiday basket goes viral
Since being shared online, the video has received over 8.5 million views and thousands of shares. Ouma later updated the post with the name of the delivery personnel while thanking him for making her day.
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‘Our crew is human too’: Vistara’s boss shuts down person for photo of sleeping flight attendant
The Twitter user had taken a photograph of a Vistara flight attendant napping in the lounge of Bengaluru’s Kempegowda Airport, and asked the airline’s chief to “improve” the airline’s image.
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‘Who is Pinchai?’: Indians poke fun at financial daily after it gets Sundar Pichai’s name wrong
In their front page on Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal got Sundar Pichai’s name wrong and Indians weren’t pleased about it.
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Bengaluru cop lends helping hand to auto driver, netizens call him ‘Singham’
A heartwarming picture of a Karnataka policeman assisting an auto-rickshaw driver with his vehicle has gone viral on social media and triggered positive reactions online.
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Canadian firefighters give up Christmas to help with bushfires, Australians thank them
A group of 21 firefighters from Canada flew down to Sydney on Wednesday and are expected to stay in Australia for 38 days, where they will assist in the battle against bushfires.
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Swedish royals join in cleanup of Mumbai’s Versova beach, Indians praise them
The royal couple joined a cleanup drive with volunteers and lawyer Afroz Shah, who was awarded UN Environment’s Champion of the Earth award in 2016 for leading efforts to cleanup Versova beach.
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Photos of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal running to reach Parliament on time go viral
“You have seen politicians getting out of car or flights doing rallies. Have you ever seen a politician running for a meeting?” commented one Twitter user while sharing the photo.