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10 Uplifting Facts That Will Make Your Week

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Emory chapter.

It’s Monday and after that long weekend of studying and making up all the work that didn’t get accomplished over spring break, you’ve never been more ready for summer. Here are 10 facts that can help make your week a little brighter!

1) Approximately 3.2 million shelter animals are adopted each year!

2) Blind people smile when they are happy even if they have never witnessed someone else smile before.

3) Dolphins have names for each other.

4) Hundreds of trees are planted each year because of squirrels forgetting where they buried their acorns.

5) There’s a park in Japan with an enclosure that lets you shake hands with the otters.

6) A baby puffin is called a puffling.

7)1 billion people have been taken out of extreme poverty between 1990 and 2010.

8) It’s been scientifically proven that smiling improves our mood.

9)Cows have best friends. 

10) No two dogs’ nose prints are the same.

Hong Kong born and raised, Manishka is widely known for two things – her clumsiness and her ability to spend hours laughing at her own jokes! When she’s not busy trying to find out how she got her latest bruise, she can usually be found eating an avocado, while re-watching Gossip Girl for the 6th…no… 7th time! Her hobbies include raiding the fridge, stalking Doug the Pug on Instagram and trying to find out the secret ingredient in Krabby Patties.