Meet the players of Puppy Bowl XX 🐾

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Wednesday Wisdom: “They don’t make them like they used to” really rings true — especially when it comes to refrigerators, apparently! This vintage fridge from the 60’s has features we wish modern fridges did. Seriously, can we bring these back?!

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The Most Highly Anticipated Athletic Event Of The Year: Meet The Players Of Puppy Bowl XX!

If you ask us, these cuties are all MVP’s (most valuable pups). 😍

A man wearing a hoodie stands outside on the side of the road. Snow is on the ground. One one side of him is his own car and on the other is a cop car. The man covers his face with his hand as he cries.
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Traffic Stop Has Unexpectedly Heartwarming Turn When Driver Begins Sobbing.

“I could use a hug.” 🥺❤️

A golden Retriever helps his mom by packing his own toys in her suitcase.
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Golden Retriever Warms Hearts As He Packs Owner’s Suitcase With His Toys.

The look he gives his mom afterwards almost says, “You can’t leave without me, Mom!”

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Photo credit: Peter Rejcek / Wikimedia Commons

Welcome to Blood Falls. Don’t worry, it’s not actually blood seeping from the end of Antarctica’s Taylor Glacier — it’s iron-rich water scientists believe comes from a buried saltwater reservoir. Learn more about it here.

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teen pulling disabled brother in a sled

What love looks like: Thanks to the young man’s invention, his disabled brother got to have the best snow day ever!

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“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.”
– Aaron Lauritsen

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