Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a Maryland man stopped at a Royal Farms in Forest Hill for fried chicken, bought lottery tickets, rolled two $50 wins into more tickets, and ultimately won $1 million—so excited he left his food behind and called his kids; he’s played for 30 years and previously won $50,000 twice and $10,000 weeks earlier. In Hawaii, the Hawaii Pacific University-led Bounty Project has removed 84 metric tons of abandoned “ghost gear” in just over three years by paying commercial fishermen to collect it, with 77 fishermen completing 690+ recoveries. Mohammed broke the Guinness record again with 66 thumb pushups with one leg raised in one minute. In Scotland, a man and his Labrador found a message-in-a-bottle from Canada dated August 2024. Vermont firefighters freed a raccoon with its head stuck in a peanut butter jar.
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Transcript
Hey there, I'm Johnny Mac with five good news stories sometimes.
He wants some fried chicken and sometimes fried chicken will get you a million dollars.
A man told Maryland lottery officials he stopped by the royal farm store on Roxbring Road
and Forest Hill, you know the place to get some fried chicken while he was there.
Yeah, I might as well buy some lottery tickets.
Those tickets earned him 50 bucks.
He used that 50 bucks to buy two more tickets and 150 bucks again.
So he bought one more ticket with the second 50 bucks.
And that was the ticket that won him the million dollar prize.
He said, I was shocked.
At first, I thought it was a thousand dollars.
When I look closer, I realized it was one million dollars.
I left the store laughing and in a rush.
I even left my food behind because I was so happy.
I ran to my garden call my kids.
This guy's lucky.
He says he's playing for 30 years.
He's won 50,000 dollars twice as well as 10,000 dollars just a few weeks ago.
He says I'll always play.
It's fun at this age and I seem to be fortunate.
Amen, brother.
Nice job by a university led project in Hawaii.
They have removed a staggering 84 metric tons of abandoned fishing gear from the Pacific
in just over three years.
The initiative known as the Bounty Project was launched in November of 22
by Hawaii Pacific University Center for Marine Debris Research.
Here's the idea.
Instead of chasing debris after washes ashore, pay fishermen who are already out there
fishing to collect it.
A total of 77 commercial fishermen have taken part,
carrying out more than 690 recoveries of ghost gear.
Ghost gear include abandoned nets, lines and floats that can drift for years,
damaging reefs and killing marine life.
Project manager Katie Stevens said it's incredible that we're now approaching 200,000 pounds
of gear removed from the ocean through this project.
It's been great to see the enthusiasm and engagement of the commercial fishers
as stewards of the ocean environment.
Congratulations to Mohammed.
He has broken the same Guinness World Record for the third time.
This one performing 66 thumb pushups with one leg raised.
He did that in one minute.
Yes, it's the record for most thumb pushups with one leg raised.
He explains thumb pushups are one of the most difficult and rare exercises
requiring exceptional strength balance and mental toughness.
The uniqueness is what drew me towards them.
He said that keeping balance on his thumbs with one leg bent at a 90 degree angle
was one of the biggest challenges.
He says time is limited.
The body becomes exhausted yet maintaining balance and meeting the strict 90 degree
bend requirement is extremely challenging.
Even a small mistake can invalidate the entire attempt.
We have another one of those messages in a bottle this time in Scotland.
A man was walking with his dogs on the coast of Scotland.
He found a bottle from Canada.
Mike was there with his laboratory retriever Maggie.
Maggie found the bottle in the shallow water.
Scott noticed there was a letter sealed in a plastic bag.
The letter was written in French dated August 2024
and said the bottle was being launched from a ferry traveling from Prince Edward Island
to one of the islands in Quebec.
The letters author Annie asked anyone to found the bottle to contact her through Facebook.
Scott reached out as of this recording.
It hadn't heard back yet.
Maggie, if you're listening.
Get in touch with Scott.
Well, yeah.
And good news for a raccoon that got its head stuck in a peanut butter jar.
The Vermont Fire Department was there to help the raccoon.
The Shelburne Fire Department set on social media.
Firefighters were tipped off to the raccoon by the water department.
They explained upon arrival crews located the raccoon approximately 25 feet up at a tree.
It appeared to have a little too much luck finding the peanut butter
but not quite enough luck removing the container afterwards.
Firefighters used a ladder to reach the raccoon and were able to use a snare
to pull the jar from its head, restoring the raccoon's vision,
and to some extent its dignity.
The Fire Department wants us to know no injuries were reported aside from a hit
to the raccoon's pride.
And those are your five good news stories for today.
Have a great day.
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