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A young content creator was conducting a social experiment in New York City, designed to test human kindness. He approached strangers, offering them either $100 or the option to double it and pass it to the next person. Most people took the cash, … [Read more...]

A storm descends on a small town, and the downpour soon turns into a flood. As the waters rise, the local preacher kneels in prayer on the church porch, surrounded by water. By and by, one of the townsfolk comes up the street in a canoe. "Better … [Read more...]

The Bedouin chief found out that his favorite turkey had been stolen. He gathered his sons and told them, “Boys, we are in great danger now. My turkey’s been stolen. Find my turkey.” His sons laughed and said, “Father, it's only a turkey. We have … [Read more...]

A bus was stuck in traffic that had come to a standstill. It was 5:20 p.m., and the passengers were anxious to get home after a long day at work. There was a demonstration, a protest of some kind, that was holding up traffic in every which … [Read more...]

A great teacher comes to a village and meets with the students. He asks them, "Who in this town is wealthy? Who are your benefactors?" They tell him of this one and the others and add, "There’s one very wealthy man outside of town, but he’s a … [Read more...]

A farmer went out to plant his seed. And as he was walking to his plot, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Some seeds fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was … [Read more...]

Abraham, sitting at his tent door, welcomes a traveler bowed with age. After feeding the man, Abraham asks him to bless the "Most High God". The man refuses, revealing that he worships a different god. Enraged, Abraham casts the man out into … [Read more...]

The late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was on a train one day when the railroad ticket-checker began walking down the car, checking tickets. As the ticket-checker approached, he watched Holmes search his wallet, unable to find his … [Read more...]