Teen with autism makes record-breaking Jenga block tower, inspiring Hallmark holiday movie

1 [Teen with autism makes record-breaking Jenga block tower, inspiring Hallmark holiday movie]( At the ripe old age of fifteen, Auldin Maxwell is already breaking [world records]( and inspiring [Hallmark]( movies. Maxwell landed his first spot in the Guinness World Records in November 2020, when he successfully balanced 693 [Jenga]( blocks all on top of one vertical facing Jenga block. Only four months later, he broke his own record by stacking 1,400 Jenga blocks onto one vertical block, more than doubling the original amount. He then broke the record for most Jenga GIANT blocks (500) stacked on top of a single vertical Jenga GIANT block. [Read the story]( 2 [Single mom's advice for anyone with sons on Thanksgiving is a must read]( Last year, single mom Emily Taylor made some sound [Thanksgiving]( advice that is still great food for thought. As Taylor shared with [Today.com]( she had been talking with another parent, one who had two adult sons, when they argued that “boys can't stay in the kitchen all day like girls can when helping with [Thanksgiving]( stuff.” Taylor was, as she put it, “flabbergasted,” and continued to ponder that comment until she was compelled to share her own thoughts on the subject. [Read the story]( Did a friend forward this to you? [Subscribe here]( 3 [Hollywood Food Coalition saved 7.2 million lbs of food from being wasted and donated it to the community]( Our friends at the Hollywood Food Coalition are dedicated to fighting food insecurity, eliminating food waste, and so much more! Through their program, the Community Exchange, they rescue food from being wasted and redistribute the food to nonprofits for their own meal programs. Join us in helping to reduce food waste and feed more people [Support their cause]( 4 [This viral bookshelf hack is helping people create beautiful luxury closets on a realistic budget]( Peak adulthood is being envious of rich people's closets. There's usually some sort of full length couch in them or a luxurious chaise lounge, a wall of shoes and some sort of automated rack that spins to help you pick out a tie. They are amazing and the non-rich people typically have some wire racks in a small walk-in with no where to put shoes, bags or anything else that doesn't hang. But people have been finding a way to revamp their normal closets to look like they were custom built and it's for a price tag that will make your budget happy. The Target bookshelf hack has been going viral on TikTok for several months as new people discover the trend and post their own before and after videos. [Read the story]( 5 [Researchers dumped tons of coffee waste into a forest. This is what it looks like now.]( One of the biggest problems with coffee production is that it generates an incredible amount of waste. Once coffee beans are separated from cherries, about 45% of the entire biomass is discarded. So for every pound of roasted coffee we enjoy, an equivalent amount of coffee pulp is discarded into massive landfills across the globe. That means that approximately 10 million tons of coffee pulp is discarded into the environment every year. However, a new study published in the [British Ecological Society]( journal Ecological Solutions and Evidence has found that coffee pulp isn't just a nuisance to be discarded. It can have an incredibly positive impact on regrowing deforested areas of the planet. [Read the story]( Find us on the World Wide Web: [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [LinkedIn]( Copyright © 2023 GOOD | Upworthy, All rights reserved. 1370 N St Andrews Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028 You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.