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# ICYMI: Billy Joel and Jimmy Fallon Sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

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With the help of an iPad app, Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel performed a two-man doo-wop version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” on the _Tonight Show_ Thursday night. ([NBC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU-eAzNp5Hw))

The ultimate multi-tasker takes selfies of the hot men running behind her during a half-marathon. ([New York _Daily News_](http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/woman-takes-selfies-13-hot-guys-marathon-article-1.1726861))

Guy sings “Let It Go” from _Frozen_ in the voice of various Pixar and Disney characters. ([Slate](http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/17/frozen%5Fs%5Flet%5Fit%5Fgo%5Fsung%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fvoices%5Fof%5Fover%5F20%5Fdisney%5Fand%5Fpixar%5Fcharacters.html))

A toddler survived a three-story fall thanks to a couple that placed mattress below just in time. ([Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/us-usa-baby-catch-idUSBREA2I1T620140319?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews))

Here’s a Euromaiden LEGO reenactment. ([BuzzFeed](https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/445636101412110336))

How a nonprofit is using Snapchat to engage with disadvantaged young people. ([NationSwell](http://www.nationswell.com/nonprofit-using-snapchat-connect-youths/))

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