National Kindness Day

Question 1:
While many assume World Kindness Day is a recent social media trend, the movement actually began in 1996 when representatives from which seven countries met in Japan to form the World Kindness Movement, and what specific global event prompted their initial gathering?
Question 2:
During the Great Depression, General Electric president Gerard Swope proposed a controversial economic plan that later influenced part of the New Deal - what unprecedented benefit did he introduce for his workers in 1927 that would eventually become standard practice across American industry?
Question 3:
The scientific study of kindness, known as "kindness psychology," gained prominence after which groundbreaking 2000 study showed that performing three acts of kindness per week had the same impact on happiness levels as what common prescription medication?
Question 4:
When the devastating 2011 Japanese tsunami struck, a small restaurant owner's act of kindness spawned what viral movement, and how many documented cases of similar generosity were recorded in the following month?
Question 5:
What record-breaking act of generosity occurred in December 2020 when an anonymous donor in Kansas City started what became known as the "Kindness Cascade," and how many states ultimately participated in the chain reaction?
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