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Children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi wait for their turn to perform during a fancy dress competition ahead of his 139th birth anniversary, in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri September 30, 2008.

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Charles Spearin’s “Happiness Project” matches the melodies of his neighbors’ voices with instruments. He has been playing recordings of his neighbors talking about happiness while on stage at recent Broken Social Scene shows and having instrumentalists play along with the recordings.

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Mister Rogers was known as one of the toughest interviews because he’d often befriend reporters, asking them tons of questions, taking pictures of them, compiling an album for them at the end of their time together, and calling them after to check in on them and hear about their families. He wasn’t concerned with himself, and genuinely loved hearing the life stories of others.

And it wasn’t just with reporters. Once, on a fancy trip up to a PBS exec’s house, he heard the limo driver was going to wait outside for 2 hours, so he insisted the driver come in and join them (which flustered the host).

On the way back, Rogers sat up front, and when he learned that they were passing the driver’s home on the way, he asked if they could stop in to meet his family. According to the driver, it was one of the best nights of his life the house supposedly lit up when Rogers arrived, and he played jazz piano and bantered with them late into the night. Further, like with the reporters, Rogers sent him notes and kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life.

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Crown Fountain, located in Millennium Park, is an interactive public fountain in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Designed by artist Jaume Plensa, it opened in July 2004. The fountain consists of a black granite reflecting pool located between a pair of technically sophisticated opposing glass brick towers. The towers are 50 feet (15.2 m) tall and use complicated electronics… Throughout most of the warmer months, water continually cascades down the two sculptures, while water intermittently spouts through a nozzle located on each of the structures’ front faces. The fountain is known for the digital videos of Chicago residents it displays continuously throughout the year.

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