Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: the USPS is reissuing the 2018 Mister Rogers Neighborhood stamp after it won an encore contest by over 40,000 votes, returning as a Forever stamp with souvenir sheets. In San Francisco Bay, an AI detection system called Whale Spotter uses thermal cameras to spot whales day and night and alert ships to slow down, addressing a rise in gray whale deaths, many from ship strikes. A JAMA study reports tofersen (Qalsody) slowed and sometimes reversed symptoms in a specific form of ALS, with over 20% showing improved strength and function after three years, including a patient who moved from wheelchair use to a cane. In Texas, volunteers set a world record by stacking 19,019 golf balls into a pyramid without adhesives. In Wisconsin, a driver ignored road-closed barricades and drove into wet concrete, prompting a safety reminder.
00:00 Five Good News Intro
00:10 Mister Rogers Stamp Returns
01:28 Whale Spotter Saves Whales
02:32 ALS Drug Breakthrough
03:56 Golf Ball Pyramid Record
04:25 Driver Sinks in Concrete
 

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a Canadian group celebrated the World Cup by setting a Guinness record for human foosball with 254 people attached to giant rods; a Noah Kahan lyric highlights Strafford, Vermont’s Elizabeth Mine cleanup and its 20,000-panel solar farm producing about 8.7 million kWh—powering over 1,300 homes; Southern California’s Wallace Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over all 10 lanes of US 101, under construction since 2022, has already been used by a hummingbird and aims to help mountain lions; an Oklahoma family took in a pregnant stray cat whose litter unexpectedly included a baby rabbit the mother cat accepted; and Las Vegas students built the world’s largest blanket fort at 14,103 square feet to unite the community and support foster and kinship families.
 
00:11 Human Foosball Record
00:43 Noah Kahan Solar Mine
01:56 Wildlife Crossing Progress
02:35 Cat Adopts Baby Bunny
03:24 Worlds Largest Blanket Fort
04:12 Wrap Up and Goodbye

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Safe Haven for Donkeys named a foal “Gervase” after Ricky Gervais donated £100,000 as part of £2.5 million split among 22 animal charities; the charity treats donkeys across Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, and parts of Egypt, and rescued a pregnant donkey, Debra, who gave birth at its Israel sanctuary. A McDonald’s employee says the drive-thru is usually faster due to timed metrics, suggests ordering a double cheeseburger “dressed like a Big Mac” for less, and says some locations may give away leftover hash browns near 11 a.m. A 23-year-old professional queuer, AJ, charges about £250 to stand in lines. A Jacksonville furniture restoration couple found $600 and a gold coin in a dresser. Mexico’s Avocado Festival set a Guinness record making 14,991 pounds of guacamole.
 
00:10 Donkey Named Gervais
01:10 McDonalds Speed Hacks
02:32 Paid Line Standers
03:35 Cash Hidden In Dresser
04:26 Guacamole World Record
04:50 Wrap Up And Goodbye

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: in 1950 the Treasury commissioned 2,080-pound Liberty Bell replicas for each state as part of a savings bond drive—cast in France with matching markings and a fake crack—touring on flatbed Ford trucks before being given to states; bell hunter Tom has tracked down 40 via tomlovesthelibertybells.com, while the Washington, DC bell has been missing since the early ’80s. Scientists developed a hemp-based plastic alternative that can stretch up to 1,600% and withstand boiling water. Albany, NY is trying to protect its 28-foot, four-ton RCA “Nipper” dog statue atop a long-unused warehouse by adding it to historic landmarks. In Singapore, a teen was charged after licking and returning a vending-machine straw, prompting upgrades to individually packaged straws. In Saskatchewan, tow truck driver Clint rescued a moose frozen in lake ice and it recovered overnight.

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Organizers of England’s Cumbria Nature Festival clarified on social media that it’s for naturalists, not naturists, asking attendees to dress appropriately and offering genuine refunds to anyone expecting a nudist event, though none have been needed. In Durham County, North Carolina, the sheriff’s office warned residents about a very large pig on the loose, urging people to report sightings but not attempt capture, and noting the owner is unknown. A long-running Quebec study of northern gannet eggs found levels of “forever chemicals” have dropped dramatically from a 1990s peak. Linda, 69, was confirmed by Guinness as the world’s oldest unicycle rider, extending a record she first set in 2023. Finally, Italy’s “Sexy Priest Calendar” cover model Giovanni, featured for many years, revealed he is not a priest.
 
00:17 Nature Festival Dress Code
01:22 Giant Pig On The Loose
02:08 Forever Chemicals Decline
02:40 Unicycle Granny Record
03:34 Sexy Priest Calendar Twist
 

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Johnny Mac shares five stories, including that Karl Lagerfeld’s famed cat Choupette has not received the reported $1.5 million inheritance seven years after his death due to a dispute involving the estate and French tax authorities; under French law pets can’t inherit directly, so money would go to her caretaker, who says she has received nothing and works part-time to support the cat. In Miami, 500+ soccer players and 5,000+ people broke a Guinness World Record by juggling a soccer ball in unison for 10 seconds to fund grassroots soccer upgrades in the US and Mexico. Apple says iOS 27 will bring an advanced CPU scheduler to older iPhones. A metal detectorist found a rare late 16th/early 17th century gold and diamond ring expected to sell for £15,000–£20,000 and recovered a missing diamond by sieving the soil. Arsenal donates worn player socks to Redwings Horse Sanctuary for equine medical and protective uses.

00:11 Choupette Inheritance Drama
01:31 Soccer Juggling Record
01:55 Apple Boosts Old iPhones
02:21 Rare Ring Treasure Find
03:25 Arsenal Socks Help Horses
04:20 Wrap Up and Sign Off

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The car from Knight RIder got a ticket in New York City!

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: In Chicago, two automated delivery robots—one from Serve Robotics at Grand and Racine and another from Coco Robotics at North and Halsted—crashed into bus shelters and shattered glass, with no injuries reported, prompting a petition to end the program with nearly 4,000 signatures. Pickle the pony, rescued at nine months old in critical condition with strangles, equine flu, and repeated salmonella positives, has recovered at the Penny Farm Rescue and Rehoming Center and bonded with a friend named Cheddar. Off Israel’s coast, diver Shlomi found a second crusader-era sword near where he discovered one in 2021; it likely dates to the 12th century and was made in Europe. In Los Angeles, a driver tried to use the carpool lane with a jacket posed as a passenger, and in Ohio, authorities warned drivers about a loose ostrich running near traffic.

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a single bottle of 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti sold for $812,000, a record driven by its last pre-replant vintage from century-old Burgundy vines, and John calls it the greatest wine he has tasted. A 19-year-old mustang named Gringo set a Guinness World Record by performing 38 tricks in 2:47 using clicker training and positive reinforcement. In North Sumatra, an orangutan finally used a canopy rope bridge installed to safely cross a road splitting a habitat of about 350 wild orangutans, easing risks like car strikes and genetic isolation. In Paris, a man won Picasso’s 1941 “Head of a Woman” via a 100-euro charity raffle that sold 120,000 tickets and raised 12 million euros for Alzheimer’s research. A Southwest Oakland flight was delayed after a passenger’s four-foot, 70-pound robot, Bebop, had its oversized lithium battery removed.

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Japanese towns facing shrinking landfill space recycle used diapers into new diapers and even toilet paper by having residents separate and label waste, then washing, shredding, breaking it down, and sterilizing pulp with ozone gas to meet strict hygiene standards. Luis, a 45-year-old with MS symptoms and past vision loss, is alerted by his guide dog Jerry, who persistently pressed his chin to Luis’ left leg; doctors found deep vein thrombosis exactly there. At Boston’s PAX East Expo, 254 people dressed as Michael Myers set a Guinness World Record tied to a new Halloween video game, with trivia that the mask is based on William Shatner. Five California friends have recreated the same cabin photo at Copco Lake since 1982, including a recurring jar with a roach. Sugar the Dove is recognized as the oldest dove in captivity, beating the prior record by 15 years.

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: In the Netherlands, engineer Thomas built a motion-sensing car with a water-tank seat for his goldfish Blub, who drove 40 feet 3.46 inches in one minute to set a world record; Thomas hopes the technology can be useful for mobility issues. In New York, 270 people in Mario costumes gathered at a GameStop on March 10 to celebrate Mario’s holiday and beat the prior record of 230 set in China in 2010. In England, an ancient Phoenician coin used as bus fare in Leeds—about 2,100 years old and showing the god Melqart—was donated to Leeds Museum and Galleries. Archaeologists found a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy buried with a papyrus Iliad fragment. In Indianapolis, a friendly dog was spotted running a mini-marathon and was taken to Animal Care Services to locate its owners.
 
00:11 Goldfish Drives Car
01:05 Mario Costume Record
01:39 Ancient Coin Bus Fare
02:54 Iliad Mummy Discovery
03:18 Marathon Running Dog
 

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