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Per reports, the photo of a young man holding the U.S. flag so that it wouldn’t touch the ground has gone viral. The student took to Facebook to express gratitude for the support he has received, adding that he didn’t expect recognition for his good deed.

“This picture of me got almost 100 likes and 60 shares in two hours,” he wrote, according to WBRC. “Makes me proud. Thank you all for the support!

I didn’t intend to get recognized for what I did. But I am sure glad to see the support and respect for the flag. I love this flag and this country. God bless America.” Read the full story here ▶

Children who begin identifying as trans at a young age tend to retain that identity at least for several years, a study suggests.

The rights and experiences of trans people have been very much in the news over the last several years. But parents of kids who raise questions about their gender or come out as trans may still find themselves at a loss for what to do next.

Both parents, Matthew and his wife Klara, said that their trans son, Stormy, born as a female with a twin brother, decided at the age of two that she was a boy and has since identified as such over the course of the last two years. Read the full story here ▶

When Stacy became pregnant she was only a teenager. Still a child herself at just 15 years old when she gave birth to her son, she decided to place him for adoption.

After she gave birth, he was taken away, never to be seen again or so she thought. Few years ago, a new law was passed that allowed adoptees to access their original birth certificate. This was welcome news for Stephen, an adoptee.

When he learned of the new law he knew he wanted his information. Within a month he had his birth certificate in hand and on it included details that were previously lost. Read the full story here ▶

Per reports, the 62-year-old woman, Mobley, loves eating at restaurants and she always has her pick when it comes to delicious food.

After indulging in a dish of fried rice at a restaurant, she quickly fell ill and found herself getting very, very sick on her drive home and then started having problems breathing. She thought she was going to die.

If she had known that she had just gotten this ‘rare syndrome’, she would have driven straight to the emergency room. Mobley tried to brush off the symptoms and go on with her day. But she simply could not. Read the full story here ▶

Although it goes largely unacknowledged, there truly is so much work involved in becoming a parent.

Just trying to get pregnant alone can be a real struggle for couples who have to deal with various health issues or complications.

And that’s without taking into account the difficulty of pregnancy and the subsequent childbirth! So it is without a doubt an event of much relief and joy when you finally have your newborn child safe and sound in your arms. Read the full story here ▶

Service dogs are doing very important work and usually must not be disturbed by pets or play, as this can jog them out of their work mindset.

Unfortunately, this is something that not everyone seems to understand. Laura Joos was enjoying her day shopping at Walmart with her service pup when she noticed a mother with her three children walking in their direction.

Having had a service dog for a while, Laura could tell that those kids were likely going to try and pet her dog. Read the full story here ▶

The Daily Mail reports that when a woman’s intense stomach pains landed her in a hospital in Tocantins state in central Brazil she received a huge surprise.

An 84-year-old Brazilian woman who went to the hospital complaining of stomach pains had a 44-year-old fetus inside her uterus.

A hospital in the Tocantins state in central Brazil X-rayed the woman’s stomach and found a calcified “stone baby.” Read the full story here ▶

It’s something most of us don’t consider, but we’d all do well to remember. All it takes is one event to throw things into disarray; joy can become sadness, light can become dark. The day Matt became father, his life was altered forever.

He’d just become a father and was riding a wave of resulting euphoria. The a nightmare occurred that no one could have predicted. Just 27 short hours later, his world had been turned upside down.

Suddenly the future was bleak, his plans were in tatters, and he was alone on a dark path. Then he went to his computer, and things changed again. Read the full story here ▶

The internet has been obsessed with optical illusions lately. Case in point- the dress phenomenon that took the world by storm a few years ago.

Now there’s another photograph that’s confusing people around the world and making them second-guess themselves.

The photo, posted to Instagram by an artist from Switzerland by the name of Tiziana Vergari, shows several girls sitting on a bench with their backs against the wall.

Each girl is clad in a gray dress with their brown locks down in a casual style.

At first glance, it appears there are thirteen girls in the picture.

However, upon closer inspection you can tell that many of the girls look alike.

In fact, it looks like two girls repeated over and over again.

Vergari, who submitted the photograph as part of a weekend contest on Instagram called #Whpidentity, cleared up the confusion with a comment to a perplexed follower.

Responding to @erin.thehuman, Vergari replied, “One think it sure, that I only have two daughter.”

Although it looks like there are thirteen girls in the astounding photograph, there are actually one two.

Vergari had taken her daughters out for a shopping trip and snapped the picture as they were both seated on a bench surrounded by mirrors.

The mirrors created the odd visual effect that has so many wondering how many girls are actually in the photo.

Vergari’s photograph generated so much buzz on social media that she was nominated for a Shorty Award for Instagram Photo of the Year.

How she managed to capture such an incredible photograph shows how much talent this Swiss photographer possesses.

The astonishing image certainly fulfills the definition of an optical illusion as it continues to deceive the eyes of many into thinking there are more than just two girls in the picture.

According to the police officials, the former assistant manager is accused of forcing two women he caught shoplifting to perform ‘indecent favors’ on him!

According to the statement, the 38-year-old manager, Robert, caught the two women shoplifting and took them to a back office.

While in the locked room, he allegedly had the women, 44 and 32, perform se-ual favors on him. He stated that he’d called police and that they’d be arriving soon. However, authorities stated that Robert never made the call. Read the full story here ▶