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King opens world’s longest coastal path around England

March 22, 2026 by Leo

The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.

Source: King opens world’s longest coastal path around England

Pretty cool.

Woman’s Viral Video of Elderly DoorDash Driver Channels $1 Million to Help Him Retire

March 21, 2026 by Leo

It could have been called a DoorDawdle order, as in his old age he could hardly ‘dash’ up the steps to her front door.

Source: Woman’s Viral Video of Elderly DoorDash Driver Channels $1 Million to Help Him Retire

Lovely.

I walk toads across the road so they don’t get squashed

March 20, 2026 by Leo

Claire Adamson started a toad patrol after witnessing “an absolute toad massacre” on the roads.

Source: I walk toads across the road so they don’t get squashed

Toad Patrol!

Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life

March 19, 2026 by Leo

The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination

Source: Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life

Nice.

Message in a bottle leads to 25-year intercontinental friendship

March 18, 2026 by Leo

One night in 1997, fuelled by boredom, trainee ship bartender Erika Boyero filled some empty bottles with handwritten notes and threw them overboard in Norway. Last week, she met with the Tasmanian woman who found one of her messages.

Source: Message in a bottle leads to 25-year intercontinental friendship

For some reason I love message in a bottle stories.

Scan that makes prostate cancer cells glow could cut need for biopsies

March 17, 2026 by Leo

An imaging test could safely halve the number of people who need a biopsy for suspected prostate cancer following inconclusive or reassuring results from an MRI scan, new research has found.

Source: Scan that makes prostate cancer cells glow could cut need for biopsies

Very cool.

Bahama Boy’s Message in a Bottle Floats 4,000 Miles to Be Read Almost Exactly a Year Later in Portugal

March 16, 2026 by Leo

Maria said she is hoping they can meet her in Vila Chã one day so they can throw a bottle into the ocean together.

Source: Bahama Boy’s Message in a Bottle Floats 4,000 Miles to Be Read Almost Exactly a Year Later in Portugal

Pretty neat.

Missing Dog Found 1,300 Miles From Home — Police Care For Her Until Family Arrives

March 15, 2026 by Leo

A small dog named Koko, missing for two years from Texas, has finally returned home — after being spotted more than 1,000 miles away in New Jersey and lovingly cared for by local police officers while her family raced to bring her back.

Source: Missing Dog Found 1,300 Miles From Home — Police Care For Her Until Family Arrives

Very cool.

Father, 99, And Son, 80 Finally Redeem Decades-Old Promise Of Free Oysters

March 14, 2026 by Leo

A quirky sign hanging inside a historic oyster house in Mobile, Alabama, promised something unusual: free oysters to any man who turned 80 and walked in with his father. It finally happened.

Source: Father, 99, And Son, 80 Finally Redeem Decades-Old Promise Of Free Oysters

Pretty cute, and quite impressive.

A man says a Stephen Colbert joke saved his life. He wants to appear on ‘The Late Show’ before it’s too late

March 13, 2026 by Leo

Ron Blake was about to die by suicide. When a “Late Night” joke made him laugh, he said, he realized, “there’s still something good left in me.”

Source: A man says a Stephen Colbert joke saved his life. He wants to appear on ‘The Late Show’ before it’s too late

Hope he makes it!

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