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12 Times The Internet Worked Together And It Was Beautiful

Good things come together when we do. The Internet may have its fair share of trolls, but there are lots of good people out there, too. And when they join forces and work together, good things can happen. See what’s possible when we do things together. Brought to you by Radioshack. #LetsDIT

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1. This woman found a left-behind stuffed animal and tweeted about it.

Lauren Bishop Vranch @laurenannbishop

Found this well loved little dude on an East Coast train at Kings Cross - let's find the owner, Twitter!

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After thousands of retweets, the stuffed lion found its way back to its little girl.

Lauren Bishop Vranch @laurenannbishop

Well done, internet!! It looks like the owner of #lostbear has been found. Bear is actually a lion - oops! :) Thanks everyone!!

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2. Homeless man Billy Ray Harris returned a woman's engagement ring instead of pawning it.

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As a thanks, the woman set up a GiveForward campaign for Mr. Harris with a goal of $1,000. It raised $191,745 in 90 days, which Mr. Harris used to purchase a home and reunite with his family.

3. When 4-year-old Noah didn't want to wear his glasses because they weren't cool...

Courtesey of Glasses for Noah / Via Facebook: glassesfornoah

...Facebook users posted hundreds of photos of glasses selfies to show him just how cool glasses can be. Incidentally, Noah is also the cutest little boy on planet Earth.

4. Programmers and scientists created the game FoldIt to crowdsource protein folding.

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By doing so, they outsourced a difficult problem to everyone and made it fun to help advance scientific research. Learn more about FoldIt here.

5. When Redditor p1percub lost her dog, Jack, she created a Reddit thread to help find him.

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There was an outpouring of advice and support. The next day, she posted a comment: "tl; dr: reddit found my dog." Read the whole story here.

Note: Jack not pictured.

6. 4chan users decided to wish WWII veteran William J. Lashua a happy 90th birthday...

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...after an invitation to his party circulated on the site. Lashua received hundreds of cards and phone calls on his birthday from all over the world.

7. Filmmaker Nirvan Mullick arranged for a flashmob to visit a cardboard arcade created by a 9-year-old Caine Monroy...

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...after he was impressed by the boy's commitment. The film Mullick created has subsequently inspired a movement to foster imagination among children.

8. Reddit kept up the spirits of a terminally ill man with down syndrome...

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...by sending him oodles and oodles of letters. The man's nephew posted to Reddit explaining that his uncle loved opening letters. Read the full story here.

9. Harold Percival, a 99-year-old WWII veteran, died with no family or relatives to attend his funeral...

living-the-dream @middleaged_mom

So sad .... I do hope someone can attend

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...but after his obituary went viral on Twitter, hundreds came out to lay Harold to rest.

Mike McCarthy @skynewsnorth

Hundreds turn up for funeral of war veteran Harold Percival who died without close friends and family.

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10. An Indiegogo campaign allowed blind man Cecil Williams to keep the guide dog that saved his life.

Carlo Allegri / Reuters

After Williams fell onto the subway tracks, Orlando jumped down on top of Williams to protect him. The train passed over both of them. However, an insurance change was going to force Williams to give Orlando up. The Indiegogo campaign exceeded its $50,000 goal.

11. Facebook helped free two brothers serving time for a murder they did not commit.

AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates

New evidence uncovered from a Facebook post by a neighbor led to their release. Read the story here.

12. This couple fell in love over Instagram, proving that you can find love anywhere.

They met on Instagram, courted on Instagram, dated on Instagram, and then she said "Yes!" on Instagram. They're now living their happily ever after, all thanks to a silly little app! Get the story picture by picture here.