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TIL a 6 year-old, Bea Dean-Lewis, was playing a computer game with her mom, who suddenly collapsed. Bea knew she wasn't sleeping since she snores, so she used her mom's fingerprint to unlock her phone and call the ambulance, saving her life.

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