How a Community’s Efforts Changed This Bullied Teen’s Life

Spending More Time in the Hospital

Shannons health began to deteriorate around when she turned 16. Both her ulcerative colitis and arthritis had gotten so bad that she needed to spend two weeks at the hospital before her prom. This photo is from when she was first admitted at age 14.

The More You Know

A team of six women programmed the first digital computer.
The people who are currently alive are only 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived.
Lightning can heat the air it passes through to 50,000 degrees.
There are snakes with two heads, which compete with each other for food.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.