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Beggar Turned Millionaire Offers Passer-By Who Once Showed Him Kindness $160,000 Reward

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 05:30 AM PDT

This heartwarming rags-to-riches story is guaranteed to restore your faith in humanity. A Chinese businessman who was once helped off the streets by a passerby, is now repaying the kindness by offering his benefactor a whopping one million yuan (over $160,000).

This story began in 1993, when 17-year-old He Rongfeng was forced to beg on the streets of Taizhou city in China's Zhejiang province, to support his poor family. "Two friends and I had gone to Taizhou looking for work, but we were unsuccessful and ended up roaming the streets, penniless, starving, and without even shoes," Rongfeng recalled. "We were in the pits and couldn't see a way out, and then this young woman turned up."

The woman was Dai Xingfen, who ran a local noodle shop with her husband. She took Rongfeng and his friends back to her modest one-room apartment and offered them food and a place to sleep. She gave them hot water to soothe their blistered feet, and then called a few acquaintances to find work for the boys in another city. Before they parted, she even gave them money for the train fare.

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This Life-Size Hulk Statue Made Entirely of Discarded Nuts and Bolts Is the Coolest Thing You’ll See Today

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 05:15 AM PDT

Ban Hun Lek is a Thai scrap metal art company that makes amazing pop culture sculptures from discarded auto parts. One of their best works is this Incredible Hulk statue made almost entirely out of rusty old nuts and bolts.

According to the brand's website, Ban Hun Lek is a family-run business, specializing in hand-made scrap metal art that's created piece-by-piece from used auto parts that have no value. "Bolts, nuts, screws, spark plugs, and other used auto parts have been re-created by our skillful welders with just a normal electric welding technique," they wrote. "These art would make great gifts, and are great for collection and decoration.”

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Man Wants to Swap His Detroit Home for an iPhone 6

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:57 AM PDT

A homeowner in Detroit, Michigan, recently put his property up on the market – and when he failed to make a sale, he decided settle for a trade. He is now after Apple's latest product offering – the iPhone 6. And if he can't have that, he's willing to settle for a 32-gigabyte iPad or an Android in exchange for the house.

Understandably, the three-bedroom, one-and-a-half bathroom brick house isn't exactly in the best condition. It does have a finished basement and a plush garden, but neighbors strongly believe that it needs to be torn down. The bungalow was initially listed for $5,000, but there weren't any takers. So the current price is down to $3,000 or an iPhone 6.

"It's a real listing," insisted realtor Larry Else. "My client is overseas and he told me he would be willing to trade the property for an iPhone 6. It sounds to me like he wants the Plus version, but I think he's willing to negotiate."

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