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by Scott Simon (NPR)
Ally Cole (left) and Ruby Wierzbicki show off the childhood photo that revealed a special connection.
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Two strangers sat next to each other on a campus bus in Lynchburg, Va., recently and struck up a conversation. Ruby Wierzbicki is 19 years old and a freshman at Liberty University. Ally Cole is 21 and a sophomore.
“I like small talk,” Ally told us this week. “You learn things.”