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Good News in History, January 31
53 years ago today, My Sweet Lord by George Harrison reached number 1 on the UK pop charts. It would hold the same position in the...
Good News in History, January 30
104 years ago today, Mazda was incorporated as "Toyo Cork Kogyo Co. Ltd." a cork-making factory, by Jujiro Matsuda. 11 years later, it started...
Good News in History, January 21
89 years ago today, The Wilderness Society was formed by an "organization of spirited people who will fight for the freedom and preservation of...
Farmer Combats Flooding by Returning Creeks to Nature: ‘Wildlife That Has Come is Phenomenal’
In the UK, farmers are combatting flooding by returning areas of their farms to a more natural state, and seeing the benefits not only...
Montreal Teens Hailed as Heroes for Saving Couple from Drowning in Barbados
A pair of British vacationers were saved from drowning by two Canadian teens who happened to be on the same beach at the same...
Good News in History, January 1
174 years ago today, the world's first "Mercy" Hospital was founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland....
Good News in History, December 29
On this day 80 years ago, a decade and a half after the Irish War of Independence and its treaty-induced interim government, Ireland was born when it adopted its own Constitution. A document committed to democratic ideals that enshrined the people as masters, it also provided the right to every child for a free primary education provided by the State. (1937)
He Crowdsurfed in a Wheelchair to the Stage and Coldplay Pulled Him Up to Play Harmonica (Watch)
It's easy to think that being in a wheelchair means the end of activities that involve intense physical movements—like big wave surfing or, in...
Good News in History, December 15
10 years ago today, China became the third nation to land a rover on the moon with their Chang'e-3 orbiter and rover. The soft...
Good News in History, December 2
Happy 40th Birthday to Aaron Rodgers, the sensational NFL QB best known for his consistency, accuracy, and completions in the end zone. Playing almost...
Good News in History, November 30
237 years ago today is celebrated as the first known date of the abolition of the death penalty in a Western nation-state. Commemorated today...
Good News in History, November 29
Happy 50th Birthday to Ryan Giggs, the Welsh winger for Manchester United who was considered an icon of his generation. Affectionately called "Giggsy," Giggs...
Good News in History, November 26
12 years ago today, the Mars Science Laboratory launched from Earth carrying the Curiosity Rover with the objectives including the investigation of Mars' habitability,...
Good News in History, November 24
On this day, 159 years ago, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born. As a post-impressionist, Toulouse-Lautrec observed and documented with great psychological insight the personalities...
‘No-Kill Caviar’ Method Produces Superior Product While Boosting Endangered Sturgeon Population
A long-destructive industry is now experiencing a sustainable revolution thanks to a determined German scientist.
The industry: caviar. The revolution: harvesting those tiny black pearls...
Satellite Images Reveal Serbia’s Hidden Bronze Age Settlements–100 Previously Unknown Sites ‘Connect the Dots’
In 2015, a research team got the idea to use aerial surveying and satellite imagery to map the expanse of Bronze Age settlements in...
Artist Creates Iconic Landscapes From Food–Then Donates to Hungry People (LOOK)
An artist used organic food to create these iconic landscapes—and they do look good enough to eat, because they were.
Made entirely from fruits and...
Scientists Prove Gingers Are Totally Normal–Having Been Around for Millions of Years in Other Species
A pair of scientists have found fragments of ginger pigment molecules in fossilized frogs which they take to mean that most famous of genetic...
Old Wind Turbines are Repurposed into Footbridges Capable of Supporting 30 Tons
Wind turbine blades set to be landfilled or incinerated, are being turned into footbridges that can hold the weight of a 30-tonne digger.
Currently, there...
Barnacles Could Lead Investigators to the Wreck of the Missing Malaysian Airways Flight 370
Apart from a few pieces of debris that washed onto an Indian Ocean island, no trace has been found of the Malaysian Airlines flight...