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Rainfall Turns The Washington DC Metro Into An Aquatic Park

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All throughout the world there have been record breaking temperatures and weather largely thanks to Global Warming. The latest of unprecedented climatic elements occurred this past week in Washington DC, where the city became inundated due to flash flooding. This rainfall broke a 148-year-old record, and consequently had a major impact on the transportation in the city.

Downpour In An Elevator

Sidelined passengers took to Twitter to share their travel woes as the rainfall caused flooding in many of the metro stations throughout DC and Virginia. Take for example this elevator at the Pentagon Metro. Absolutely no way anyone was entering that without getting major league soaked!

Ceilings Collapse From Rainfall

The indoor waterfalls didn’t only occur in elevators. The ceiling of his station burst due to the heavy rainfall, flooding the tracks and creating an impressive, yet scary site! Luckily, people found ways to joke about being a little late for work… Hopefully it was excused!

A Pricey Commute

It wasn’t just the metros that turned into an all around aquatic park due to the rainfall. Many commuters were stranded as major roads became real life lazy rivers, causing people to take Ubers costing up to $285 to get to the airport.

No Faith In The WMATA

You’ll notice too in the last tweet that people were quick to make fun of the DC Metro, also referred to as WMATA. Claiming the fires and flooding are only 50/50 chance due to the storm is a serious swing at the public transport. There is also this straight up comedic take on the amusement ride experience you can get from all the rainfall in the Virginia Square Metro.

Survival Of The Fittest

While most passengers were at least fortunate enough to see the rainfall from a distance, others were not so lucky. The roof of this car of a metro started to leak and let in a whole monsoon as passengers were helplessly inside. As seen in the photo, some passengers were at least quick enough to jump to dry safety.

Although aquatic parks are a blast, they’re less so when you’re dressed in a business suit than a bathing suit. Hopefully these floods will subdue and people can finally commute in peace!

Cover Photo: Unsplash.

“Psychopathic” Ice Cream Crime Gone Viral

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There’s nothing better than eating a nice cold ice cream to beat the heat on sizzling summer days. That is, unless that ice cream has already been licked by a stranger!

A video this week went viral of a girl in a Texas grocery store going to the frozen section and opening a container of Blue Bell ice cream– only to lick it and then put it right back onto the shelf!

Horror For Blue Bell

The Blue Bell company, was reasonably ticked and decided to join forces with the local police. In a statement to WAFB, Blue Bell firmly said “This type of incident will not be tolerated.”

The company was additionally under fire for not protecting their lickable desserts with a seal, but the company assured it would be obvious if any of their products were hampered with.

Widespread Disgust

The video got thousands of retweets and responses on Twitter, with most people as thoroughly disgusted as we are. One user even went so far as to post the video with the comment, “What kinda psychopathic behavior is this?!” We couldn’t agree more. 

The Police Double Down On The Ice Cream Crime

As stated previously, the police and local law enforcement officials got involved in trying to find the culprit of the ice cream crime. In Texas, this crime could have received a sentencing of up to 20 years and $10,000 in charges.

Close up of $100 dollar bills- to pay a hefty ice cream fine.

The police found themselves a difficult time finding the ice cream licker, and originally were catfished into thinking it was the wrong person. Yep, turns out catfishing happens even outside the dating world! However, the police finally found the culprit, but won’t press charges because she is a minor.

Preventing Further Frozen Food Attacks

While the strength and durability of the protective seal on Blue Bonnet’s ice cream leaves us dubious, a Wal Mart store in Corpus Christi took the matter into their own hands, guarding the frozen section with none other than… a water gun. That’s right. The most terrifying threat out there.

Photos: Unsplash and Freepik

A dog helps owner wake up from a coma

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Dog wakes man up

When a person suffers from an illness and falls into a coma, what usually happens is that no one can really do anything to help it. However, this time, it was the man’s dog who helped him wake up. You almost won’t believe your eyes…see it for yourself.

Pneumonia was to blame

The is the story of Andy Szasz, who is 62 years old. He was a civil engineer, who was induced into a coma due to a strong case of pneumonia. Doctors estimated it would take him around two weeks to wake up, but apparently not everyone agreed.

The dog is the hero

Man wakes up from coma

Getting a dog into a hospital is an almost impossible task given hospitals don’t exactly have permissive policies when it comes to visits, especially not when talking about a dog. However, the man’s wife seemed to have won over the nurses, as she managed to sneak their dog into the man’s room.

One of the nurse’s claims the dog’s presence was what woke the patient up. It being in there improved everyone’s mood.

A trip to the hospital in a bag

A trip in a bag

The dog’s energy seemed to obtain positive results, as he, thanks to the interaction with his dog, woke up from the come in just a couple of days. See it for yourself.

Child interacts with terrifying creature that emerges from the sea

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Our hearts have stopped after the release of a video in which a child interacts with a frightening sea creature that suddenly emerges above water. The friendly meeting was recorded on film, and has reached thousands of people’s eyes causing great shock amongst everyone.

A sea creature appears

The interaction takes place in the Spanish island La Gomera, more specifically in the port of Valle Gran Rey. In the video, you can see how the child comes close to the water, and after a few seconds a terrifying creature seems to appear.

A trustful bond

Without any fear, the child starts feeding the creature, to which it responds with the same trust. The child then goes onto caressing the animal, and it lets him do so.

The animal has been reckoned to be a huge stingray. It’s worth noting that these creatures are not known to be aggressive, as long as they are not given a reason to be.

Video gone viral

The shocking video shows the amazingly trustful bond that is created by the child and the stingray. This is probably why it has gone viral on social media, with millions of likes and over 750 comments. Our faith in humanity has been restored!

Prince Ea Says “Stop Wasting Your Life” At Work

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Long time motivational speaker Prince Ea is at it again, this time with a video that has gotten over 2 million views in the past two weeks and thousands of shares on LinkedIn. The topic? “Stop wasting your life” in your unsatisfying work.

A Shocking Start

Prince Ea first appears in the video sitting in a hospital bed, asking the viewers directly, “Do you know what day of the week you are most likely to DIE from a HEART ATTACK?” To which we learn the unsettling data: Monday, between 8-9am. The same time most of us go to work.

Prince Ea then goes on to state this is no coincidence. The majority of our life is in fact spent at work. *Take a few deep breaths to let that sink in*

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Yes, the reality is the majority of us will be working for most of our lives. And yet, many of us are in jobs that we hate, with the assumption that when we fulfill a certain accomplishment, like getting married or getting a raise, “and then” we will be happy and satisfied with our lives.

“And Then” What?

Prince Ea is here to say that “and then” may never come, or worse, it comes and you are STILL not happy. And then what? You realize you have wasted your life in the work place, not achieving your real goals nor putting your life before work.

Harvard Can Confirm: Happiness Is Key At Work

Woman and Man Happy at Work.

Prince Ea brings up some very interesting points. As a society we are constantly telling each other to shoot for a good “work life balance,” but that phrase always starts with work. This is primarily for monetary reasons for many people, however a study at Harvard found that those who are happy with their jobs, actually earn more money. Now that’s what I call a profitable proposition!

This full seven minute video is worth the watch, if only to help change your perspective about the monotony of your daily life and help push you to do the things that bring you real happiness.

Photos: Freepik, Header photo: Prince Ea Youtube