Every Two Hours, This 16-Year-Old Needs to Be Told What Day It Is

Lights Out

Riley was dancing on the convention center floor, scanning the area for her friends. She didn’t notice the 150-pound crowd-surfer coming straight toward her. Before she knew what was happening, the crowd surfer's foot made direct contact with her head, and she was crushed beneath the full force of his weight as he fell on top of her.

She Needed Help

Everything went dark. When Riley came to, her friends were hovering over her, shaking her awake. They carried her into their car and drove her straight to the hospital…

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The More You Know

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  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.