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Joel Weber is a student in Texas who wanted to manage his student debts better from the outset so he decided to build his own 145-square-foot house on wheels to save on rent while he is studying.

With the average rent close to campus being about $800, Weber’s new home will save him about $19,200.

The house features two lofts, working plumbing, electricity, a shower, and a propane stove.

He added: ‘I may live in it forever and I’m cool with that, 145 square feet might not be for everybody, and that’s OK. ‘It’s more about how I can live simple and still be grateful.’

The house is built on an 18-foot flatbed and took about a year to build.

He had help from a carpenter and electrician who both volunteered their time designing the house.

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G.I. Joe was was truly a phenomenon. Starting with the action figures and moving on to TV shows, comics, and even movies, the legacy of G.I. Joe looks like it’s likely to live on for many years to come. Regardless, G.I. Joe has an incredible legacy with many interesting components that you probably didn’t know about.

G.I. Joe exists because of Barbies
With the incredible popularity of Barbies in 1963, Stan Weston sought out to create a version that boys would play with. Thus, the first G.I. Joe was born.

G.I. is an acronym for ‘Government Issue’

There are over 500 different G.I. Joe characters.

The name ‘G.I. Joe’ was inspired by the movie ‘The Story of G.I. Joe.’

G.I. Joe characters have come from every U.S. state except for Delaware.

Snake Eyes is the most popular G.I. Joe ever released.

There are over 60 variations of Snake Eyes.

Hasbro stopped producing them from 1977-1981 because Oil prices rose too high causing the cost of production to skyrocket.

Snap back into action with the return of the KCCO Joe. They’re going quick so grab one RIGHT HERE before they’re gone.

The first G.I. Joes cost $3.99 which is around 30 bucks when adjusted for inflation

The original action figures had 21 moving parts

G.I. Joe comics were so popular that they sold more copies than The Amazing Spider-Man and X-Men.

The scar on the right cheek of G.I. Joe gives Hasbro the right to trademark the toys. They weren’t allowed to trademark a standard human figure.

G.I. Joe released the Adventure Team including Bullet Man (The one with a silver helmet) in response to the rising popularity of super heroes at the time.

The Intruders were released as the alien enemies to the Adventure Team but the whole project was poorly received by collectors.

G.I. Joe the TV series became a thing after the presidents of Hasbro and Marvel sparked up a conversation while peeing next to each other at a convention.

Hasbro resized the figures from 11.5 inches to 3.75 inches in 1982 to try and match the wildly successful Star Wars action figures.

Each episode of the TV show was just a commercial to highlight a new character that was being released.

The biggest item ever produced by G.I. Joe was the seven and a half foot U.S.S. Flagg.

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British Colombia’s most honest homeless man found $2,400 on the street the other day.

Instead of keeping it or immediately spending it all like most people who aren’t even homeless would do, he turned the money into the police.

The owner of the $2,400 was eventually found, but the story doesn’t end there. Inspired by his honestly and overall moral character, journalist Mike Kelly started a GoFundMe campaign in an effort to raise $2,400 as a reward. In just a few days, the campaign raised $5,000.

“When I first heard about this man and what he had done, I started thinking of how we could help him” Kelly said.

Officials finally managed to get a hold of Homeless Good Sam on Monday, but to everyone’s surprise, he turned down the money again.

Refusing to be identified, he said his story would be better served by using all of the media attention to acknowledge the community’s generosity in paying it forward. Instead of accepting the money, the man asked how it could be donated to Our Place, a provider of food for those in need.

All this the good samaritan asked for in return, was a job.

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Meet Maddy, an 18-year-old with Down syndrome who wants to be a model

Because she enjoys swimming and dancing, Maddy was frustrated by the extra weight she had holding her back. With the help of her mother, Rosanne, she lost 44lbs (20kg). Her new-found energy and confidence inspired her to try modeling, and her inspiring story soon found a supporter in the Living Dead label, which prides itself on signing models of diverse body types.

After she lost 44lbs (20kg) to keep healthy, she decided to start modeling

“She really wants to change the way people discriminate against disability,” said Maddy’s mother

“People with Down syndrome can do anything, they just do it at their own pace. Give them a chance and you will be rewarded beyond your greatest expectations”

“I think it is time people realized that people with Down syndrome can be sexy and beautiful”

“I want people to stop saying ‘I’m sorry’ when I tell them my daughter has Down syndrome, because it’s a very naive statement”

“If the average person could see the beauty Maddy has inside, how loving and caring she is and if that is what people measured beauty on, then most of the models in the world would have Down syndrome”

“I feel so blessed to have a daughter like Maddy, I won lotto the day she was born”

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I can’t believe what you ladies have to put up with…the subreddit Creepy PMs is dedicated to documenting all those terrible conversations initiated by creepy dudes.

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A man in France with Down’s syndrome received over 30,000 birthday cards when he celebrated his big day recently thanks to a post from his family on Facebook that went viral. Lucien Parisseaux posted on the social networking site asking for his friends to send a postcard to his son Manuel because he loved receiving them, and it would make his day.

“Hello everyone. I have a request to make to all my Facebook friends. My son Manuel will be 30 on 11/22/14 and he loves to receive postcards. My son has Down’s syndrome. I come to you to ask you to take a few minutes of your time to send a small card and to pass this information to all your friends so the chain doesn’t get broken. I thank you all for your gesture, which will make my Manu so happy”.

The post quickly went viral, getting over 120,000 shares, and as a result the postcards and envelopes started coming in from all over the world. Facebook temporarily shut down the account believing it to be a scam, but Manuel’s mother Jacqueline posted it on her page too, which kept the momentum going. Eventually, over 30,000 pieces of mail arrived from everywhere and anywhere, and a lorry was needed to deliver them all to the family home.

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