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Good News in History, August 14
87 years ago today, the National Scenic Trail known as the Appalachian Trail was completed by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Claimed to be the...
Historic Prisoner Swap Frees Americans Held in Russia After Years-Long, Multi-Nation Diplomacy
Just before midnight on Thursday evening, a plane touched down in the US and several Americans got to embrace their families, after they were...
4,000-year-old Tablet Describes Ancient ‘Lunchables’ of Cheese and Meat Carried in a Box
At the ruined site of a 4,000-year-old civilization in Anatolia, clay tablets have been found documenting a mundane but nonetheless fascinating aspect of culture:...
Good News in History, July 22
61 years ago today, Philadelphia's first heavyweight boxing champion, Sonny Liston KO'd Floyd Patterson in a rematch of the bout that the year before...
First Ever Cheese Museum Opens in Paris: ‘It’s Gouda Brie a Delicious Visit’
Fromage, Formaggio, Käse, Queso: cheese—one of the Old World's great romance stories.
In the heart of Paris, a new museum has opened dedicated to the...
Free Computer Game Based on H.P. Lovecraft Books Raises Thousands for Polish Red Cross
A video game has raised over $50,000 for aid groups working in Ukraine including the Polish Red Cross and Save the Children.
In 2021, a...
Good News in History, July 8
Happy 80th Birthday to Jeffery Tambor, famous for staring in 4 seasons as the Bluth Family patriarch on Fox/Netflix's Arrested Development, which earned him 3...
Good News in History, July 2
101 years ago today, Wisława Szymborska was born in Poland. This poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature penned...
Good News in History, June 23
137 years ago today, The Rocky Mountains Park Act passed Canadian parliament, establishing Banff National Park, the nation's largest and most famous park. It...
Good News in History, June 21
Happy 80th Birthday to The Kinks co-founder and frontman Ray Davies. Regarded as one of the most influential British songwriters, Davies wrote the 1964...
Good News in History, June 20
29 years years ago today, Greenpeace activists bolstered by international pressure forced Shell Oil of the UK into a dramatic reversal of its decision...
Disney Superfan Lost 230-lbs So He Could Play Prince Charming and Go on The Rides
A Disney superfan who was so big he couldn't fit on the theme park rides has lost 230 pounds and now plays Prince Charming...
Incredible ‘Walking Tree’ is Named New Zealand’s 2024 Tree of the Year
A lone tree that looks like it’s out for a stroll has been crowned the 2024 Tree of the Year in New Zealand.
This extraordinary...
Portugal Welcomes First Wild Bison in 10,000 Years–the Keystone Species for Rewilding a Quarter-Million Acres
Rewilding Europe is thrilled to announce the arrival of a small herd of bison in a large valley in Portugal.
Believed to be the key...
Relics Found in Egyptian Pet Cemetery: Evidence of Monkeys Imported from India and Centurion Letters of Papyrus
Classical Egypt was controlled by the Roman Empire for 600 years, and in the excavations of a pet cemetery, archaeologists from Poland are discovering...
Good News in History, June 4
35 years ago today, in the first modern elections in Poland, Lech Walesa's Solidarity Party of trade unionists won 160 out of 161 seats...
Good News in History, June 2
80 years ago today, composer Marvin Hamlisch, one of only two people to have ever won the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, along...
Good News in History, May 2
60 years ago today, Shishapangma was summited for the first time as the last of Mother Earth's 14 peaks above 8,000 meters to be...
Good News in History, May 1
217 years ago today, the Slave Trade Act of 1807 entered into force in Great Britain, abolishing the British participation in the Transatlantic Slave...
Good News in History, April 27
6 years ago today, the Panmunjom Declaration was signed by President Moon Jae-in and Chairman Kim Jong-un, declaring the intention to end the Korean...