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Great pilots are made, not born. Although, "Flying" runs in their blood. It is always nice to follow in our parents' footsteps, but these two family members from the U.S. made history, when they became the first mother-daughter duo to fly a commercial airline together. Captain Suzy Garrett has flown commercial planes for more than 30 years, and during her previous career made headlines by becoming one of the first women employed by SkyWest Airlines. Suzy's husband, Doug, is also a pilot, and the couple bestowed their interest to their two children, Mark and Donna. Suzy's daughter, 26-year-old Donna was employed at SkyWest, too, giving her and Suzy the chance to fly a commercial passenger plane together. Donna added: "I was exposed to aviation my whole life." In an interv...

The famous 'Magic Bus' or 'Bus 142' was originally a part of the Fairbanks city transit system in Alaska in the 1940s. It was purchased by the Yutan Construction Company and was used in Denali State Park as a shelter for road construction workers. After all the roads were built in 1961, the bus was abandoned near the Teklanika River in the country park. The ordinary bus rose to fame when a traveler named Christopher McCandless discovered it and spent almost four months of summer inside the bus while making journals of his life's journeys for two years. On the 6th of September in 1992, a group of deer hunters found the lifeless body of 24-year-old Christopher McCandless inside the bus. Christopher's journals were compiled into a non-fiction book entitled "Into the Wild" and ...

When it rains, it pours... vouchers!  What a beautiful world we live in if we need not spend a single cent of our money, but use hundreds of vouchers instead. Recently, there were reports from people about a man in Japan who has not used his money for 36 years! Could it be possible? A Japanese man named, Kiriya Hiroshi has been investing on the stock market for quite some time. Mr. Hiroshi started investing in the stock market when he was only 35 years old, now he is 71. The value of the shares he owns now has reached 300 million yen (2,861,565.00 USD). In Japan, there is a special system in the stock market where investors can claim various vouchers as a form of reward. So far, Mr. Hiroshi is known to have invested in over 900 companies, and as a reward, he was p...

  First time is always the hardest. You can do it! Fact: Raising a baby and taking care of them is not easy. Bathing them for the first time is equally as hard, too. There is so much to learn when you are expecting your first-born baby. A Vietnamese man, who is soon become a grandfather, recently gave a live demonstration to his son on how to bathe a baby using their pet cat. Vinh Quang Phạm posted a video on November 7 on Facebook, which has garnered 39,000 likes and 17,000 shares. According to TheSmartLocal Vietnam's translation, the soon-to-be grandfather was explaining how to support the baby's neck and head while washing the baby's body on the basin. Netizens were impressed by how well-behaved, and cooperative the cat was during the demonstration. "To cl...

Looks can be deceiving. Beware! A Capybara, with its scientific name Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, is a mammal from the rodent species. These herbivorous animals are found in the Amazon, South America, and their size can grow double! Since they grow up in the wild, people are always on guard before they approach these rodents for fear that they may attack. However, Capybaras only attack when they are threatened. On a video posted recently on Twitter, you will see how a Capybara "attacks," and it will surprise you! The video was uploaded on May 18 by Twitter user @BeardedGenius with the caption, Everyone thinks capybaras are cute and harmless but watch this and wait for the moment it attacks her, has garnered nearly 78,000 'Likes.' This video has gone viral and garnered multiple c...

The cat came home with a bill for fish tied around its neck. Cats are usually more "majestic" than dogs, and they roam freely in just about anywhere, sometimes away from home. Although they are not considered as man's best friend, some cats would return to their owners bearing gifts they have picked up from their journey as a sign of their feline affection. However, recently, a cat owner in Thailand noticed that their cat was missing. A Facebook community page, ช้างเผือก, has shared photos with captions that said, "Returned home after three days with a debt. #catslaves" Here is the guilty cat: A small piece of cardboard with a note written on it for its owner was tied around the cat's neck. Here is the translation from TheSmartLocal Thailand: “Your cat kept sta...

It turns out humans aren’t the only ones who like to take selfies. Even dogs do! They leap into a pose as you train the camera on them and before you click, they surprise you with a grin or a smile!Adorable and precious moments indeed! Selfies like these you wouldn’t want to keep to yourself but share with your online friends in the social media. That is exactly what this girl who works as a volunteer in a non-governmental dog rescue shelter at Avenida Pacaembu in São Paulo (Brazil) did. She shared some remarkable shots of a particular dog with whom she decided to take a selfie.You can almost hear the little dog saying “cheese” as the shelter caretaker girl turned her smartphone on the dog for a selfie.She didn’t expect when the pup burst into a grin as if telling the girl he understood...

When you see hungry children on the streets, do not hesitate to give them food. A man was going to his car when he saw two street children seated outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant. Both the children looked hungry, and he knew they did not have much money to buy some food since they were poor, so he gave them some. His girlfriend, on the other hand, also took pity on the children, hence, she bought an extra KFC package and divided between the two children, believing they were brother and sister. The man who was waiting in the car, named Samuel Lee Wui Phung, took a video of the gesture then posted it on Facebook. Netizens who saw the video were touched and left messages and comments appreciating his girlfriend's heart-warming gesture to the children. His video was ...

A good neighbor that everyone wished they could have next door. Everywhere around the world, we all have someone who we can rely on. Here is a story of 2 Malaysian neighbors who look after each other. Very touching! Nur Syazana Izham has posted on her Facebook account how her concerned neighbor in USJ 12 pulled her laundry from her garage to the shade in front of her home, but only using a stick. Footage from her closed-circuit television (CCTV) shows how the kind neighbor pulled 2 racks of her laundry, using a stick, to the shade before it rained. The image shows how he attached the stick onto the racks and pulled them one at a time very carefully to prevent the clothes from falling. "I'm speechless because he worked so hard to do it," she wrote on her post, "An...

"It ends with me." - Laurene Powell-Jobs, Steve's wife Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple and Pixar, is not interested in "legacy wealth building." 9 years after he passed, his legacy lives on through his wife, Laurene Powell-Jobs. His widow revealed that she will be donating all his assets for the sake of integrity but will not pass it on to their children. Laurene Powell Jobs has opened a trust fund after her husband has passed. She revealed in a recent interview that she has inherited more than $25 billion, however, she will be donating the huge sum to charities and causes. Laurene inherited Steve's shares from Apple and Disney when he passed in 2011. "I inherited my husband's fortune, but I'm not interested in accumulating wealth, and Steve is not interested, too. Powell-Job...