A town is showered with chocolate powder: Good news in the news and the best news of all
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR AUGUST 21, 2020
A town in Switzerland woke up Friday morning to discover that it was covered in chocolate. Today's podcast tells their story, as well as those of benevolent teenagers in Spider-Man costumes and a small church making a huge difference. Then we focus on the importance of optimism and the path beyond self-reliance to divine transformation.
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| 1:13.4 | Residents in Olten, Switzerland, woke up Friday morning in a town coated in chocolate |
| 1:18.5 | powder. A resident tweeted in response, finally 2020 delivers. There was a defect in the cooling |
| 1:25.5 | ventilation for a line of roasted cocoa in the Lint and Springley factory. |
| 1:30.3 | High winds combined with this ventilation error resulted in the spread of chocolate powder across the area. |
| 1:36.3 | Local residents were suitably grateful. |
| 1:39.3 | Here's another headline that caught my eye. |
| 1:41.3 | Texas teenagers dressed as superheroes visit kids while |
| 1:45.8 | collecting food donations. Twin 18-year-old brothers in Pearl Land, Texas, south of Houston, |
| 1:52.1 | have been visiting children in their area while wearing Spider-Man costumes. They have visited |
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