A guy in North Carolina found a penny on the ground . . . thought it might be lucky . . . used it to scratch off a lottery ticket . . . and won a HUNDRED GRAND.   https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/09/01/lotto-North-Carolina-Education-Lottery-lucky-penny/4471662060085/ SOURCE: UPI

Another great moment happened in the Little League World Series last night.  Josiah Porter, a 12-year-old on the team from Tennessee, is blind in one eye.  He's played well the entire series, but last night was even better.   (This grand slam helped his team beat Texas 7 to 1, and advance to the U.S. Championship game tomorrow afternoon against Hawaii.)   SOURCE: YAHOO NEWS

A 17-year-old named Mack Rutherford just landed in Bulgaria and became the youngest person to fly solo around the world.  He did it bit by bit over five months.  When he got his pilot license in 2020 at 15, he was the youngest pilot in the world. https://apnews.com/article/bulgaria-sofia-492014c6da2432d92457021c0c97e70f   SOURCE: AP NEWS

A woman on a bus in Peru recently fell asleep on a random guy's shoulder, and he just let her sleep.  Then she saw him on the same bus again a few weeks later... he asked her out  and now they're dating!   https://www.tiktok.com/@osccoeddy20/video/7118918068218219782?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7118918068218219782   https://nypost.com/2022/08/23/woman-falls-asleep-on-stranger-on-bus-now-theyre-dating/   SOURCE: NY POST

Here's someone who refused to give up:  A single mom in Canada named Tracy MacDonald never graduated high school, because she failed English.  But she just went back and got her diploma 20 years later.  Now she plans to go to college to become a teacher.  She's already working as a teacher's assistant. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/single-mom-graduates-high-school-20-years-later-1.6486958   SOURCE: CBC  

A 42-year-old woman in England says her cat woke her up in the middle of the night two weeks ago because it sensed something was wrong... and it turned out she was having a HEART ATTACK in her sleep.  She survived. https://studyfinds.org/hero-cat-saves-owner-pets-research/ SOURCE: STUDY FINDS

A little kid went viral this week when a video showed him facepalming after he dropped his hot dog at a White Sox game.  So now a joint in Chicago called The Wiener's Circle is throwing him a party with unlimited hot dogs for him and his friends. https://twitter.com/TheWienerCircle/status/1559589022317432832   SOURCE: TWITTER

A 19-year-old near Boston named Savennah Mendes-Rodrigues was at home studying on Monday when she heard yelling outside.  It turned out a two-year-old had just been pulled from a pool, and he wasn't breathing. But luckily, Savennah is CPR certified.  So she did chest compressions until paramedics got there.  The kid made it, and he's doing fine.   https://whdh.com/news/abington-teen-saves-2-year-old-from-near-drowning-incident/   SOURCE: WHDH  

A toddler in Georgia found a missing elderly woman lying near his home while playing with bubbles in their backyard.  The woman was 82-year-old Nina Lipscomb, who was alive but disoriented.  Here is Ethan's mom Brittany Moore and Nina's daughter Karen Lipscomb talking about what happened.   https://abcnews4.com/news/local/toddler-in-georgia-finds-elderly-missing-woman-while-playing-with-bubbles-wciv   SOURCE: ABC NEWS

Boston police ended up saving a stranded groom and his wedding by escorting him to Thompson Island on a police boat when the ferry was out of service.  Here is the groom Patrick Mahoney, and Officer Joseph Matthews, talking about the day-saving plan to get Patrick, plus other guests and vendors, to the wedding. https://www.foxnews.com/us/boston-police-saves-couples-wedding-coming-aid-stranded-groom-vendors   SOURCE: FOX