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A Teacher Used a 3-D Printer to Make New Feet for a Hurt Duck

A woman in Oshkosh, Wisconsin named Vicki Rabe-Harrison recently saved a hurt duck, after it lost both of its feet to FROSTBITE.  But she thought she’d have to put it down, because it couldn’t walk.  So she emailed an engineering teacher at a nearby middle school named Jason Jischke.  She knew he had a 3-D printer, and thought maybe he could use it to make NEW feet. 

Two Boston Bombing Survivors Ran the Entire Marathon

A 32-year-old guy named Patrick Downes and his wife Jessica were near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013, when the bombs went off.  And they both lost a leg from the knee down.  But yesterday, Patrick became the first Boston Bombing victim to run the ENTIRE marathon on a prosthetic leg.

Four “Healthy” Food Labels That Are Misleading

A recent study found 90% of us are willing to pay more to eat healthy.  But most of the labels on food that make them SEEM healthier are really just marketing nonsense.  Like sometimes the phrase “all natural” doesn’t mean anything at all.  Here are four more food labels to be suspicious of.