♡ Awesome People/Animals ♡

There are many people I admire that are already famous. :) This isn't about them. This is about ordinary people who do amazing things for others (humans or animals) for no other reason than it's the right thing to do! (I added Tesla as most people have no clue what a great man he was!)

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Mind blowing

There was a long period when the only way to get an education was to join the Clergy. Many Scientists were members. Lewis Carroll (Rev. Charles Lutwitdge Dodson) was a Mathematician, Logician, Philosopher & an Anglican deacon. They had no choice if they wanted to use their minds.

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Quantum Physics Aesthetic

High Energy Physics Public Lectures: Randall

Prof. Lisa Randall - The first woman ever tenured in the physics departments of Princeton, MIT, & Harvard, Lisa is hard at work in the areas of particle physics and cosmology, part of a journey to determine the makeup of the universe. In 2004 she held the distinction of being the most cited theoretical physicist of the past 5 years. She continues to do ground-breaking research in particle physics & cosmology, & currently serves on the editorial boards of several theoretical physics journals.

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Award Speech

Funny Speeches

Public Speech

Learning English Online

English Online

Harvard University

Public Speaking

Protective Hairstyles

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YouTube

Well deserved, and well said! :D -- Rihanna at Harvard Receiving their 2017 Humanitarian of the Year Award. - YouTube

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Untold story of the English village that raised a gorilla as a boy that drank tea, made its bed and washed up

Amazing story! -- The extraordinary life of an English village's resident gorilla that had its own bedroom, went for walks with schoolchildren and could do its own washing-up has been revealed. The ape - called John Daniel - played with children, ate roses from gardens and even enjoyed drinking tea and cider. Photographs of its Gloucestershire life - including being carried around by children in a wheelbarrow - have emerged in a new book.

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X. It’s what’s happening

And this is really pretty cool! :D Well done guy's! Especially given that the completely untalented a'holes @ One Direction wouldn't fulfill a dying kid's "Make-a-Wish" for seeing a concert unless he paid them!

Lion Facts

Faith In Humanity Restored

OK! Now this is simply amazing and awesome! :D That girl must have some serious charisma. :D

X. It’s what’s happening

This is both amazing, and sad. Sad that so many talented women were (and still are) forced into deception. *sigh*

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Twitter

NASA: "We are saddened by the loss of retired NASA astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon. He was a veteran of three spaceflights: as the pilot for Gemini 9A, the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 10, and as the commander of Apollo 17." -- RiP Gene. You had an amazing life & achieved much.

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John H. Glenn Jr. — The Quintessential American Hero – Kennedy Space Center

John H. Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – Dec 8, 2016), Colonel, USMC retired. Aviator, Astronaut, & Senator. An amazing man & true Hero who had an amazing life. He got to do what very few ever have or could. And he paved the way for others. He is someone who can truly say that he accomplished something wonderful with his life. We should all be so lucky. He can certainly Rest in Peace! And who knows… perhaps some part of him is exploring farther than he could as a mortal man. I salute him.

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Very cool! :D These guys have done a lot for Animal welfare. Well done! You can find info on their website: http://rescueink.org/

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Random acts of kindness

Elizabeth Warren Quotes

Progressive Christianity

The Internet's Most Asked Questions

How amazing would it be if Burnie Sanders & Elizabeth Warren were POTUS & Veep??! Heck... I'd even move to the USA! :D

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The Internet's Most Asked Questions

Just... Awesome! :D The man must have an incredible amount of patience and love role play. :D

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Revealed: History's hidden gay couples whose 'outlaw marriages' helped America's greatest minds reach new heights

Outlaw Marriages - Greta Garbo & Mercedes de Acosta. Garbo was plucked from obscurity and whisked to Hollywood to star in movies for MGM – a world away from her humble roots in Sweden where her father worked as a street cleaner. Mercedes was born into a socially prominent New York family & helped Garbo act the part expected of a Hollywood actress in the 1930s. Mercedes helped Greta learn how to speak and dress properly. They were together for more than 30 years until de Acosta died in 1960.

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Revealed: History's hidden gay couples whose 'outlaw marriages' helped America's greatest minds reach new heights

Outlaw Marriages - Frances Clayton & Audre Lorde. Audre Lorde was a widely acclaimed author who focused on the issues of racism, sexism, and homophobia. Frances Clayton was a tenured professor of psychology at Brown University, until she left that position to support Lorde's evolution as a writer. Lorde and Clayton were in an outlaw marriage from 1968 until 1988.