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A Little Bit of Awesome: 5/15/19 Edition

Michael Watson is awesome. He’s a 17-year-old kid in McKinley Senior High School student from Ohio who used to weigh 325 pounds. Then he completely changed his diet about a year ago, walked to school every day, and lost 115 pounds. Check out his full story RIGHT HERE.


There’s a random British guy online who can do a bunch of great sound effects using just his mouth, including water dripping . . . a bird . . . opening a can . . a fly . . . a chicken . . . a cat . . . a horse . . . a spray bottle . . . and an electric razor. Check it out RIGHT HERE.


A little boy named Phoenix couldn’t break a board during a demonstration at his karate class in Florida recently, so he started crying. But then his classmates started chanting his name, he kept trying, and eventually broke the board. Then they gave him a group hug. His awesome accomplishment is RIGHT HERE.


That’s one way to do it.

 

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