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Nov 8
4m 6s

Woman spends her birthday in a sinkhole

Caloroga Shark Media / Happiness Good News Lab
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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: fishermen and forest officials in West Bengal rescue a 3–4-day-old Asian elephant calf from floodwaters, reunite it with its herd, and confirm it is healthy; Zoe leaves a $75,000-a-year mechanical design job in Chicago after visiting Yellowstone to work as a seamstress for Xanterra, earning $19.25/hour with $96/month dorm housing; Yellowstone’s geology team collects 280 hats and other lost items from geothermal areas, including lens caps, sunglasses, Invisalign retainers, AirPods, slime, and coins; in Brazil, the Araticum initiative unites 180+ groups across nine states to restore 4.5 million acres of the Cerrado by 2030, mapping 50,000 acres under restoration and gathering seeds from 150+ native species; and on Long Island, Danielle falls into an eight-foot sinkhole caused by an unmapped well, is rescued by responders, and they sing “Happy Birthday” as it is her birthday. e Cerrado
 

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