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A Little Bit of Awesome: 1/14/19 Edition

Everybody seem sto be covering Toto’s Africa. This time around it’s done by the movies. Yep, all of them. Well, a lot of them anyway. Just check it out.


Chris Pratt helped girlfriend Katherine Schwarzenegger move out of her home in on Friday. Hmm, I wonder where she was moving? I’m guessing into Chis’s house, because these two crazy kids just got engaged.  Yep. Still, it’s nice to know celebs move the same way we normal people do. Sure, his truck was free, but still.


A bus driver in Wisconsin saved a baby wandering barefoot in 28 degrees along a highway overpass. A passenger gave up her coat to keep the baby warm, and the bus driver rocked the baby to sleep before the police arrived. The driver got an award from the city, and the baby is fine. Check out her full story RIGHT HERE.


The “Bird Box” Challenge, with Alligators. That should say it all. Crazy. But if you’re not familiar with the “Bird Box” challenge, it’s based on a crazy popular Netflix movie that came out last month, and it involves people trying to do everyday activities while blindfolded. Throw that in with alligator wrangling, and this is what you get.


There’s a 101-year-old World War Two vet in Pittsburgh who drinks a Coors every day at four o’clock. And when Coors heard about it, they invited him and his family out to Golden, Colorado to have one at the brewery. You can check out his awesomeness RIGHT HERE.


 

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