It was a controversial move. Californians Abe and Mary Ayala, desperate to save their leukemia-stricken 16-year-old daughter, Anissa, chose to have another baby in the hopes of raising a compatible bone-marrow donor.

"Baby farming" was the debate of the day. When baby Marissa was born, the sisters made the cover of TIME.

Twenty one years later, the baby born to save her sister's life is speaking out.

"People are entitled to their own opinions, but I am so glad that I am in this family," Marissa, now 21, told Meredith Vieira on TODAY. "I could not have asked for a better family, so I've never questioned it."

Marissa was conceived after her parents and older brother failed to be bone-marrow matches for ailing Anissa. A donor was found, but backed out.

Attempting to conceive a donor was not guaranteed to succeed. Abe had to have a vasectomy reversed. Mary was 42, and conception odds weren't in her favour. On top of all that, a new baby would only have a 23 per cent chance of being a

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Recycling is worthy of applause.

A lone plastic bottle was left on the floor of a food court. People passed by, ignoring the litter, mere feet from a recycling receptacle.

One woman finally picked it up.

Within moments, a flash mob showered the unsuspecting do-gooder with praise.

If every act of eco-friendliness was met with a standing ovation, recycling might be more popular.

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A mother's error has triggered her little girl's sudden rise to fame in the art world.

Last year, Rebekah Poulain transferred a digital copy of her daughter's painting of a penguin to an online folder. She thought the folder was a private one. Instead, she accidentally uploaded the image to a public folder which automatically entered her daughter Leilah into a national art competition held by London's prestigious Saatchi Gallery. You can see the painting here.

Rebekah was notified of this error a year later, when she received an email of acceptance. Her 7-year-old daughter beat out 1,700 artists for the opportunity to have her work displayed at the gallery.

"It seems it all happened because I'm such an idiot. I didn't know what I was doing when I uploaded Leilah's picture," Rebekah told the Metro.

Leilah's abstract painting of a penguin now hangs in a gallery that houses works from renowned contemporary artists such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.

As for the little girl who loves to

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A traffic cop in the Philippines really loves his job — and really loves to dance.

The policeman literally stops traffic with his joyful moves at the crossing of Edessa Street and Macapagal Street in the Pasay City are of Manila. Drivers, pedestrians and fellow police officers have all embraced the street sensation. His directions are obeyed with a smile.

The 54-year-old traffic cop, Ramiro, has been dancing on the job for six years and "says his dance moves always keep the traffic flowing," the BBC reports.

Ramiro claims that despite the physical strain of his approach to traffic direction, there's no other job he would rather do.

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AC/DC's "Back in Black" is one of the bestselling rock albums of all time. Its fans span generations — and species.

Great white sharks love the heavy metal band, too, especially fan favourites "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "Back in Black."

An Australian tour operator has discovered that great white sharks act calmer when listening to the Aussie band.

Matt Waller of Adventure Bay Charters played the AC/DC songs through underwater speakers and found that the sharks became "more investigative, more inquisitive and a lot less aggressive."

"They actually came past in a couple of occasions when we had the speaker in the water and rubbed their face along the speaker which was really bizarre," Waller told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Waller first began experimenting with underwater speakers when dive operators told him that certain songs seemed to affect shark behaviour.

Waller attached speakers to diving cages and found that while most tunes had no effect, AC/DC was a hit.

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Video of a  3-year-old Canadian boy catching his first fish is melting hears across the web.

"He's beautiful," the young man exclaims. "Does he like me?"

Teddy — known as BabyTedster on YouTube — worked up the courage to touch the yellow-green Redear Sunfish, named his wriggling captive, then set him "free."

Watch the viral video of the heartwarming father-son fishing trip below.

Do you remember catching your first fish?

As if parents aren't embarrassing enough for teenagers - 16-year-old Rain Price's father doesn't just wave goodbye at the bus every morning, he does so in full costume.

In a different costume every single day!

"When he did it the first day, I was in shock," Rain told the Deseret News. "It's my first day of my sophomore year."

One morning, the American Fork, Utah dad wore a Chargers helmet and jersey. On another, he donned swim trunks and a snorkel mask. He's since dressed as a pirate, Santa Claus, Batgirl, and Princess Leia.

Dad soon became the neighbourhood's early-morning entertainment, with everyone eager to see what he'd be wearing.

"Most of them like it, and we roll down our windows and wave. It's fun," Rain said of his bus-riding peers, who adds that the entertainment factor doesn't excuse the embarrassment.

"I'm not going to reward him for this; his reward is seeing my embarrassment," Rain said.

Dale challenged himself with a "no recycling costumes" rule, determined to wear a

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Nine-year-old Mason Perez is being hailed a conservation hero.

The Reno, Nevada, boy's science fair project from two years ago is now saving the city thousands of gallons of water.

Mason proposed a simple water-saving solution: reduce water pressure.

His hypothesis originated in the Reno Aces' ballpark's restroom. The youngster, then 7, found that the water pressure from the faucet hurt his hands, so he turned down the tap. Reduced pressure seemed just as effective at washing up.

For his science-fair project, he tested his theory with a half-gallon bucket and a stop watch. He compared how much water filled the bucket when valves were half open versus when they were fully open in the same time period. After nine tests, at three different houses, he found that he was saving 4 to 23 per cent in water use.

He then did the tests at three businesses, including at the ballpark restroom that inspired the project. Again, he saw savings of 6 to 25 per cent.

The project won the boy first place at

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