Someone posted a huge list of GOOD things that have happened in the world this year.
- Scientists may have found the gene responsible for ALS. And funding for the study came from the Ice Bucket Challenge.
- We figured out a new stem-cell therapy that can halt the effects of Multiple Sclerosis.
- In March, 800 hostages were rescued from the terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria.
- Solar panels in California started producing enough electricity to power six million homes, which is a new record. And a solar-powered plane flew around the world.
- Back in July, volunteers in India planted 50 million trees in less than 24 hours.
- Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an OSCAR for “The Revenant”. Obviously not everyone thinks he deserved it, but most people do.
- Starbucks all over the country started donating their unsold food to food banks.
- The hole in the ozone layer finally started healing itself. Scientists have been waiting for it to happen since we banned certain chemicals in aerosols 30 years ago.

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