I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. You know who's getting it done.
Scruff, the border collie. Scruff has become an unlikely recycling advocate after
picking up more than one thousand littered plastic bottles. I got to talk to
my dogs and tell them to step it up. Scruff likes to pick up
the bottles and play with them for a little bit before delivering them to his
humans to be recycled. Scruff is thirteen now and he used to enjoy stick
fetching and then the vent said he's getting scratched on the inside of his mouth
wanting to try something plastic. His humans said, this is a focus a
job for him. He's a border collige, so he loves to retrieve and
collect different things and stuff like that. The human and Scruff go on two
walks a day, one long walk in the morning, usually between three and
four miles wow, then a shorter mile or so in the evening. Originally
they will let Scruff play with the bottles and they left them there. Then
they felt bad thought people might think we were leaving them there, so they
started picking them up and keeping track and sharing their monthly report with the hashtag
Scruff's bottle patrol, and they have a rule. They only pick up the
bottles that Scruff sees. So if the human sees a bottle there and the
dog doesn't see it, that bottle's not going anywhere. We were just curious
to see how many he could collect. In November alone, Scruff picked up
one hundred and four bottles. Even though he's thirteen. He looks absolutely fantastic.
His human says, Hopefully it sends a good message out to other people
around the world to pick up litter, don't leave animals to do it right.
Gratulations. Joyce to Fall She's a ninety year old Greek grandmother. She
just graduated from Northern Illinois University. Joyce says, we can never quit learning.
If we have the opportunity, and we're given the opportunity, there's no
reason we shouldn't go for it. She enrolled in college in nineteen fifty one,
but wound up leaving after three years to get married and she got busy
as some kids some grandkids. But in twenty nineteen, with the encouragement of
her family, she headed back to NIU with her original black and white student
ID card. Awesome, it's probably the same kind of junk drawer. I
have to pick up where she left off sixty eight years ago. The university
staff dug through decades old records and transcripts to find out what she needed to
complete her bachelor's degree. They let her finish a degree in general studies through
online classes. She said, it's nice to finish something he started. Don't
give up. I know it could be difficult, but everything in life has
its ups and downs. Congratulation's choice. Max Cheveva Tanko had played hockey with
Tyler Hess in summer camps. Max is part of a group from Ukraine.
It would come to the US and when the wars started, Tyler Hess asked
if Max could come with his family. Max is supported by the Minutes Hanka
Hockey Association. They've been raising money to help his hockey fees and beyond.
Tyler's dad, Chess says of Max, he's got a good sense of humor,
but it's really really serious, like he's focused. Then after a game
he gets over it and he's like a kid. For now. He stays
in touch with his Ukraine family through the phone. Someday he plans on returning
to Ukraine. First responders have rescued an eagle impaled by a lightning rod a
top one hundred and twenty foot radio tower at Saint George Elementary in mclenney,
Florida. Oh No, an eagle got stuck at the top of the tower.
The authorities realized someone would need to go to the top of the tower
to help the eagle. Crews headed out to the tower, cut a hole
in the fence, then one up one hundred feet into the tower. The
eagles found an obvious distress, but they were able to get him. That's
awesome, and hey, good news for all of us. Be honest.
A new scientific paper has confirmed how powerful swear words could be. That's right.
New research shows that swearing can make you happier, fitter, I don't
know that, more resistant to pain, and can increase your attention in memory.
Yeah. The effects can include a range of psychological, cognitive, and
emotional consequences. Now I'm regretting that I made this podcast clean. I could
lose some weight. In a study, subjects who let rip with swear words
were able to keep their hands in a bucket of ice water for longer than
non swears. Yeah, I'll believe that one chanting a swear word was also
shown to increase muscle performance during physical exercise. Messages with swearing in them was
seen as more genuine than those without. Remember with your swearing context is key.
Those are five good news stories for today. You have a great Bleeping
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