Feel Good Friday

“Some students made homemade treats for pets at a local animal shelter, while others used their $20 to buy toiletries and food for unhoused people. ‘One of my favorites was a student who bought $20 worth of doughnuts while visiting some of her family members in the Midwest,’ Ulmer said. ‘She stood on a corner with her uncle and randomly handed them out to people. It’s something she continues to do now every year.'” Teacher gives $20 to her students with one rule: Use it for kindness. (I used to teach high school in Brooklyn and more than a few times I considered giving my students $20 to do their homework.)

+ Canadian city blocks street for weeks so tiny salamanders can cross. (These are the people we’re picking a fight with?)

+ How Alabama students went from last place to rising stars in math.

+ Researchers in New Zealand saw a colorful blob on top of a shark’s head. When they looked closer, they realized it had eight arms. This Octopus’s Other Car Is a Shark.

+ A happy ending to the story about the 11 year-old kid who pulled a rare baseball card. Rare rookie card of Pirates’ Paul Skenes fetches $1.11M at auction. (The kid is a Dodgers fan, but this is the Feel Good Friday section, let’s skip that part.)