The Cutest Black Love Story of the Day

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For Valentine’s Day, Google partnered with Ira Glass and NPR’s This American Life for its celebratory home page doodle.

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The animated illustration features six adorable love stories from “real people,” but the last one, “Blind Date,” is our favorite. Click on the candy heart of the same name, and you’ll learn how a man from Atlanta went on a blind date with the woman of his dreams.

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