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Pen Pals Finally Get to Meet in Person–68 Years After They Began Writing Letters Back and Forth
80-year-olds Patsy Gregory and Carol-Ann Krause have been swapping letters since 1955 when they became girl scouts on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
The...
Codebreakers Crack Secrets of Lost Mary Queen of Scots Letters 430 Years After She Wrote them in Captivity
An international cryptology team accidentally discovered a series of coded letters written by Mary Queen of Scots and deciphered them.
The contents of those letters...
World’s Oldest Pen Pals Turn 100, After 84 Years of Transatlantic Letters–And Now They’re Meeting on Zoom
The world's oldest pen pals have both turned 100 years old, and are celebrating 80 years of letters sent across the pond.
Geoff Banks from...
Love Letters Written by Bob Dylan to his High School Sweetheart Are Expected to Sell Today for $800,000 –LOOK
A remarkable archive of 42 hand-written love letters by Bob Dylan to his high school sweetheart are up for auction today.
The music icon—known as...
Students Write Adorable Letters on Behalf of Shelter Animals to Boost Adoptions – And it Worked
The persuasive words of an 8-year old written in crayon cracked open the hearts of potential dog adopters to empty the kennel crates of...
Writer Starts a Pandemic Pen Pal Project – Now 7,000 People Are Mailing Joy to Strangers With Letters
From the salutation—
My Dearest Love,
to the signature line—
Yours in Breathless Anticipation,
to the final postscript—
P.S. You are forever in my heart...
The art of letter writing...
Man Sits With Typewriter on NYC Sidewalk to Help Strangers Send Letters to ‘Friends Feeling Blue’
Before the invention of text messaging—which makes it super-easy to send a note to a friend—and before there were telephones in every home that...
Grad Student Defends Her Dissertation in a Skirt Made From Rejection Letters To Help ‘Normalize Failure’
A PhD student in Michigan defended her dissertation while wearing a skirt made of rejection letters received while studying.
To make the tiered black and...
Scientists Use Electrode Implants to Help Blind People ‘See’ Shapes and Letters—All Without Using Their Eyes
The neural implants used by the Baylor researchers work similarly to someone tracing a shape on the palm of a blind person's hand.
Anonymous Love Letters Lift the Spirits of Anyone Signed Up On This Website
You know how you feel when you open a mailbox and find a letter among the bills? Imagine getting dozens of anonymous notes filled with encouragement.
Woman Finds Good Karma Writing and Handing Out 20,000 Love Letters to First Responders
Over the course of the last four years, Natalie Reilly has written more than 20,000 love letters to firefighters and police officers.
Forget Online Dating: Writing Letters to This Ancient Tree in Germany is Fabled to Help People Find Their Valentine
This ancient oak tree in northern Germany has a history of connecting people with their one true love – and it could work for you too.
This 104-Year-old Veteran Who Never Before Celebrated Valentine’s Day Gets 70,000 Love Letters
Even when his wife of 42 years was alive, William White says they never celebrated Valentine's Day—so imagine his delight over this deluge of well wishes.
Deli Owner Has Received More Than 400 Letters to Santa—And He Has Responded to All of Them
He’s never been an official employee of Santa's workshop, but Aleem Chaudhry of San Antonio, gets hundreds of letters to Santa and responds to every one.
You Can Now Help Santa Deliver to Low-Income Kids By ‘Adopting’ Their Christmas Letters Through USPS
If you want to help Santa fulfill the wishes of kids whose families may not be able to afford a ton of gifts this year, you can just visit the USPS website.
Dozens of Volunteers Answer the World’s Most Forlorn Love Letters Addressed to Shakespeare’s Juliet
This club of writers has responded to thousands of the world's most heartfelt and emotional love letters on behalf of Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet”.
100,000 Dogs Have Sent Love Letters to a 7-Year-old Girl Fighting a Brain Tumor
When social media heard about this young dog lover's medical diagnosis, thousands of pups took to their keyboards to send her letters of love.
Woman Publishes 365 Love Letters to Her Peers – and She Hopes The Success Will Inspire Others to Follow
This woman successfully published 365 letters of love to different people throughout 2018 – and she says that the results have been hugely beneficial.
Researchers Tried to Curb Opioid Abuse By Sending Letters to the Doctors – and It Made a Difference
These researchers are trying to find practical ways to curb opioid abuse in America – and they recently found success through letters.
Strangers Write 125,000 Loving Letters to Breast Cancer Patients – How You Can Join Their Mission
It takes very little effort to write a letter of encouragement to someone who many need it – which is why this charity is asking you to write one too.