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If not as lucrative as a treasure map, the note turned out to be more relevant to their work, at least: It was a 132-year-old missive, written in ink, from former engineers and lighthouse keepers who were installing a new Fresnel lens and lantern at the top of the tower.
Source: Engineers Discover a 132-Year-Old Message in a Bottle in a Scottish Lighthouse
Cool.
A coffee shop has gone viral on social media after offering free coffee for any customer who walks in dancing.
Source: Massachusetts shop offers free coffee for dancing customers
Fun!
Dorot, a nonprofit that has been operating for decades, is being joined by newer organizations with similar missions to pair older people and younger people for the benefit of both. The mission has a new sense of urgency in light of an epidemic of loneliness and isolation that was exacerbated by the pandemic and has serious consequences.
Source: These matchmakers connect teens and elders. The friendships benefit both sides
Great idea.
Jared Guynes spent three years scouring the internet for parts and putting together a 1967 Chevy Camaro piece by piece, which he gifted his father on his 65th birthday.
Source: Son gifts father a restored Chevy Camaro decades after he let one go to raise a family
Nice.
Advance Tests Introduces Non-Invasive LucentAD Complete to Improve Accessibility and Accuracy Advance Tests has announced the launch of LucentAD in the United Kingdom, a new and innovative blood test…
Source: New Blood Test Launched In The UK Can Detect Alzheimer’s With 90% Accuracy
Very exciting.
Ukrainian doctors in Kyiv corrected a newborn’s heart defect immediately after a cesarean section, the Center of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery reported on Nov. 21.
Source: Kyiv doctors save newborn with life-threatening heart defect in groundbreaking surgery
As much for where this is and what this is. Amazing.
A new durable, biodegradable plastic breaks down in seawater, offering a potential solution to microplastic pollution.
Source: Goodbye Microplastics: New Recyclable Plastic Breaks Down Safely in Seawater
That would be awesome.
Driving represented an interesting way for neuroscientists to study how rodents acquire new skills, and unexpectedly, rats had an intense motivation for their driving training.
Source: These Rats Learned to Drive—and They Love It
You had me at “rats learned to drive”.
‘Not all heroes wear capes’
Source: Hunt for Tube hero who gave blind man his shoe after he lost one through the gap
Wow.
Betty White’s face will be gracing postage stamps soon! The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced the stamp designs for 2025 on Friday, Nov. 15, revealing that one of the stamps will be a portrait of The Golden Girls star, who died in 2021 at the age of 99.
Richly deserved