Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Addison Kleinhans is 7. His best friend, Bella Hicks, is 5. They were diagnosed with cancer one day apart in 2010, and they’ve battled cancer together ever since. This is their story.
(The local news crew may be overly sappy in telling their story, but hang in there — it’s worth it.)
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This & That:
Know This:
- Four people have died in the past two days on Everest. What gives?
- Save the date — Breaking Bad returns July 15.
- The Tokyo Skytree, now the world’s tallest tower, opened for business today.
Read This:
- Meet the man for whom card collecting was his life’s work.
- What’s with the rise in foodborne illness?
- How the paper clip was perfected.
Watch This:
- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism James B. Stewart tells grads how his anti-gay father accepted him.
Look At This:
- The U.S. has managed to supply the war in Afghanistan via increasingly creative supply lines.
Other:
- Tea Time Tumblr: Ghetto Hikes
- Tea Time List: 16 Hot Sauces You Never Knew Existed
- Above: ronswansonappreciationsociety
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Mashup of the Day: “Cinemashup” artist Jeff Yorkes skillfully sets footage from Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane to The White Stripes’ Kane-inspired song, “The Union Forever.”
Yorkes writes, “The first time I listened to the song, I was like, ‘how do I know all these lyrics,’ only to realize that they’re all bits of dialogue from Citizen Kane.”
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