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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 26
80 years ago today, the inspirational United Nations Charter was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco, a document that began with the following:...
2,000-year-old Gold Jewelry from Mysterious Central Asian Culture Discovered in Kazakhstan
Of the many famous empires and states along the Silk Road's Central Asian passages, few are more mysterious than the Kangju.
But in a stroke...
Missing for 12 Years, Beloved Cat Named Artie Finally Reunited with His Family
A Welshman has been reunited with a family cat who has been lost for 12 years.
Then just 17 years old, Theo-Will McKenna was attending...
Good News in History, May 28
92 years ago today, one of Europe's greatest landscape engineering projects, the Afsuiltdijk, was completed in the Netherlands, proving that newly-mechanized Man could tame...
Good News in History, May 24
50 years ago, Diamond Dogs was released on the label RCA by British pop-rock sensation David Bowie. A thematic, if not a concept album, Diamond...
The First of 2,000 Privately Owned White Rhinos Get New Home – Rewilded by South African Conservancy
An ambitious plan to rewild 2,000 southern white rhino into secure protected areas in Africa over the next 10 years has officially begun, with...
Locals Finally Save ‘the Yosemite of South America’ After Decade Long Battle with Industrialist Who Owned it
A wonderful story comes to us now from Patagonia where a valley of towering granite cliffs and rare species was saved from development by...
Good News in History, May 13
115 years ago today, the inaugural Giro d'Italia, was held, with cyclists competing in 21 different stages across over 1,200 miles of the country. The...
Number of Fish on US Overfishing List Reaches All-Time Low–Led by Mackerel and Snapper
According to a recent federal report, the US seafood industry has never been more sustainable, with the fewest overharvested fish stocks ever recorded.
The report,...
An Ancient Collapse of Earth’s Magnetic Field Led to Multicellular Animals Emerging
A fascinating new discovery offers "tantalizing" evidence for the origin of multicellular development in life on Earth.
It seems related to something that had perhaps...
These Are the Strangest Things Americans Put in Salads
What is the oddest thing you've ever eaten in a salad?
From marshmallows to meatballs, beef jerky and hotdogs — a new poll has uncovered...
Good News in History, May 5
121 years ago today, one of the most influential chefs in American history, James Beard, was born in Portland. His towering success led to...
Good News in History, May 4
198 years ago today, Frederic Edwin Church, one of the foremost painters in the American landscape movement known as the Hudson River School, was...
Good News in History, May 3
71 years ago today, two men were rescued from a semitrailer that crashed over the side of the Pit River Bridge before it fell...
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...
Mega Rare Blue Rock Thrush Spotted on Oregon Beach Is First Sighting in US History
Owing to personal interest, GNN is partial to stories of rare bird sightings, and news from Oregon recently broke the story of a 'mega-rare'...
Archaeologists May Have Found the Villa Where the Roman Emperor Augustus Died
Excavations of a Roman villa dating to the start of the Imperial era show it may belong to the greatest of all the Roman...
Dramatic Video Shows Strangers Desperately Fight to Remove Man from Car Engulfed in Flames–And Succeed
On I-94 in Minnesota, a team of good samaritans and highway rescue personnel bandied together to save a stranger trapped unconscious inside a burning...
Canada Agrees 200 Islands Belong to the Indigenous Haida Nation
In a historic "first-of-its-kind" agreement the government of British Colombia has acknowledged the aboriginal ownership of 200 islands off the west coast of Canada.
The owners...