Speaker 1: Caalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five
good do stories good news from during the week. A
purple heart that belonged to a World War II veteran
from Illinois. It had spent decades in a safe deposit box.
It was a returned to his family in time for
Veterans Day. The purple heart was awarded to US Army
rifleman James Bennett during World War Two and ended up
in the possession of Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frericks as
part of Operation Purple Heart, a program that Michael launched
to return military medals from abandoned safe deposit boxes to
their rightful owners. He explained, we have to do a
bit of homework detective work out there. We worked with
the media. Chicago Tribune helped us track down some of
these families because it's not always easy. Mister Bennett passed
away in nineteen ninety, age seventy six. His wife passed
away seven years later. Their niece, Patty, said she didn't
know about the safety deposit box until she was contacted
about the purple heart. She explained, when my aunt and
uncle passed, a lot of the items were also passed on.
I didn't know about this. This is exciting. He was
a really great guy. I'm going to display it at
home and I want to take a picture and send
it to all the relatives that are left alive and
share it with them too. And I hope this encourages
other people to look into getting their purple hearts from
their family members. In Australia, three hundred and seventy four
bagpiper has played acdc's It's a Long Way to the
Top If you want a rock and roll that of
course broke the world record. Congratulations to the Great Melbourne
Bagpipe Bash. They broke the record for largest bagpipe ensemble,
the previous record three hundred and thirty three. Good news
if you host a podcast and eat chocolate all the time.
Scientists in England have developed a new jail that can
repair and regenerate dental enamel that could significantly change the
way tootsak is treated. The gel can be applied quickly,
kind of like fluoride. This is awesome, but it's fluoride free.
It mimics the natural proteins that guide enamel formation in infancy.
Once applied, the gael forms a thin, strong layer over
the tooth surface, filling cracks and defects. It acts as
a scaffold, drawing calcium and phosphate ions from saliva and
promoting the growth of new mineral that integrates with underlying
tissue that allows regenerated enamel to recover both the structure
and properties of natural healthy enamel. Awesome, good job, scientists.
Good news for a cow in Germany. The cow was
on its way to be slaughtered. That's not the good news,
quite the opposite. The cow escapes while being transported. The
cow spent about ten weeks wandering in the woods and
came to be friends and lived with a flock of
two hundred sheep. A local shepherd told the newspaper she
sniffed the sheep, mingled with the sheep and seems to
feel right at home with the sheep. She now behaves
almost like a sheep, and she's taken to the herd
without any problems. The sheep eventually moved on from the
pasture as sheep do. The cow stayed behind. The cow
is tranquilized. Was going to be a return of the owner,
but the owner said, you know what, the cow ere
in this one. The cow was turned over to the
local Animal Welfare Association. In a social media post, they
said of the cow, may her future be filled with happiness,
care and a care free life in Australia where every
third thing will kill you. Scientists have identified a new
species of solitary bee, notable for its distinctive, devil like
facial horns. They've named it meg a chili lucifer. It
was discovered in the Goldfields region. It's the first new
species added to the genus in two decades. Doctor Kit
Prendergrass of Kirtin University made the discovery and said the
bee's appearance stood out, explaining the female had these incredible
little horns on her face. Doctor Kit explained she happened
to be watching the Netflix series Lucifer while writing up
the species description and in her words, the name fit
just perfectly. And those are five good news stories for today.
Have a good one.