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13 Evidence-Based Medicinal Properties Of Coconut Oil

While coconut oil has dragged itself out of the muck of vast misrepresentation over the past few years, it still rarely gets the appreciation it truly deserves. Not just a “good” saturated fat, coconut oil is an exceptional healing agent as well, with loads of useful health applications. Some examples of “good” saturated fat include…

Iowa City is Devoting 1,000 Acres to Saving Honeybees

McKinley Corbley from GoodNewsNetwork.com writes:  As honeybee populations continue to dwindle in the United States, this small town in Iowa is starting a groundbreaking initiative to save the precious pollinators. The 1,000 Acre Pollinator Initiative in Cedar Rapids is a campaign to populate 1,000 acres of the local area with wildflowers and prairie grasses essential to honeybee…

16 Kinds of Intimate Kisses & What They Mean

I love kissing, don’t you? It’s the ultimate way to communicate, but unfortunately, we sometimes think a kiss is a kiss is a kiss, which just isn’t the case. This simple four-letter word can have infinite variety. Some kisses are platonic, while others are anything but. Even a kiss between lovers can be many different…

5 Reasons Why You Should Try Wild Lettuce

We all know about the dangerous side effects of over-the-counter and prescription painkillers. But when your head is pounding, it’s hard not to reach for the bottle of pills in your cabinet. We all experience pain every once in a while, whether it’s from a migraine, sore muscles or swollen joints. But instead of stocking…

Girl Scout’s Hilariously Honest Cookie Reviews Lead to Record-breaking Sales

McKinley Corbley from GoodNewsNetwork writes:  Charlotte McCourt believes that honesty is the best policy – that’s why she wrote astonishingly blunt reviews of every Girl Scout cookie for her customers. The 11-year-old gave the Do Si Do cookie a 5 out of 10 score because of its “bland, unoriginal flavor”. Her most scathing 1/10 review was for the Toffeetastic; saying…

7,000 Railway Stations in India to Be Powered By Solar

McKinley Corbley from GoodNewsNetwork writes:  Almost all of the train stations in India will soon be powered by solar panels. While announcing the Union Budget for the 2017–2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley declared plans to power over 7,000 Indian railway stations with solar energy. The project has already started implementing the renewable energy system at 300…