Good News in History, November 13
85 years ago today, the animated film Fantasia, conceived and produced by Walt Disney himself, was released. It was only Disney’s third animated film and, though it featured Mickey Mouse in the role of ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’, it had almost no dialogue and consisted of eight pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski, including […]
Boy’s Great Tagline Helps Raise Thousands For Underprivileged Kids to Afford Hockey
A hockey-loving boy from a hockey-loving family is selling special hockey merch to help other hockey lovers—and he’s loving it. His family took a childhood utterance, as genius as it was random, and spun it into a line of merchandise with the proceeds going to charities that pay for gear, rink time, and team fees […]
Shipwrecked Cargo of Roman Lead Bars Provides a Chance to Observe of Dark Matter on Earth
What do dark matter, the Roman Empire, and a toxic heavy metal have in common? The answer is Mr. Ettore Fiorini who helped excavate a 2,000-year-old shipwreck whose cargo of Roman lead bars could, he believed, help him unravel the secrets of the universe. If the second sentence made no more sense than the first, […]
Man Returns Dad’s ‘Souvenir of Parthenon’ and Turns Out it Was Even Older Acropolis Relic
In 2022, an elder Chilean man walked into the Greek embassy in Santiago on a mission: to turn himself in. Not that 77-year-old Enrico Tosti-Croce had done anything wrong, but rather he was putting a small family matter to rest. In the 1930s, a young Italian submariner visited Athens with the Italian Navy and paid […]
Dog Rescued from Boston Tunnel During Rush Hour After Playing ‘Will I Won’t I’ with Police – WATCH
There’s something truly wonderful about the sympathy we humans have for dogs—such that when a rambunctious stray grinds traffic to a halt in a Massachusetts tunnel, the reaction is just that—to stop and wait for police to rescue it. The wrong-way rover was spotted foxtrotting along the side of the Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston […]
Good News in History, November 12
45 years ago today, NASA’s Voyager 1 probe arrived at Saturn and beamed back the first images ever taken of its rings. It arrived at our solar system’s second-largest planet via a gravitational assist trajectory at Jupiter which was replicated with Voyager 2. On November 12th, when the space probe came within 77,000 miles of Saturn’s cloud-tops, […]
Woman Who Never Watched Football Loves New Condo with Epic View Inside Stadium
Noemi Oberhauser was never a fan of soccer despite living in the country that invented it. And she never had any intention of falling in love with the global game either, even after she toured a $1,550-a-month apartment in West London and marveled at the almost complete view of a Premier League stadium pitch from […]
Teen Rewarded with Cash and Job After Turning in Wad of $3,500 ‘Without Hesitation’
From Australia’s Gold Coast comes the story of an honest young man who handed over $3,500 he found at a gas station and was repaid manifold. 17-year-old Josh Pache was the first to notice a wad of Australian dollars sitting on the cement outside Fox’s Pantry. The dough had fallen out of the pocket of […]
‘Macronesia’ Sanctuary to Protect Waters of 4 Atlantic Islands and Critical Habitat for Whales
Governments and conservation NGOs celebrated the passing of a resolution to create the world’s most ambitious marine sanctuary. Cleverly-named “Macronesia,” the area in the northeastern Atlantic would protect 32 species of whales and dolphins, making it one of the most significant migratory routes on Earth. The announcement followed a resolution made at the International Union […]
Grand Egyptian Museum Finally Opens in Sight of the Pyramids After Decades of Setbacks
A $1 billion museum built to showcase the finest of ancient Egyptian artifacts has finally been opened in Giza after more than 2 decades of planning, building, and setbacks. Fireworks and drone light shows lit up the desert night. Below, a gala of Egyptian elite, heads of state, and foreign dignitaries gathered around the spectacular […]