May 12, 2026

12,412 pull-ups in 24 hours

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: a woman on a road trip in Australia fell waist-deep into a collapsed pit toilet at the Henbury Meteorites Conservation Zone and was trapped about three hours before a passing tradesman, alerted by her husband, used a rope and his car to pull her out over 45 minutes; Johnny Cruz Buckingham (“Mr. World Records”) set the fastest towed asphalt skiing record at 69 mph behind a car to inspire his child; Buffalo hockey fans finished “O Canada” after a singer’s microphone cut out, and the Sabres later won the series in Game 6 for their first playoff series win since 2007; Xavier completed 12,412 pull-ups in 24 hours, beating the prior record by 67; and in Armenia, a reported escaped zebra was actually a donkey painted with stripes, prompting a zoo warning about toxic dyes.

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Caloroga. Shark Media got there. I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. A woman was taking a bathroom break

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while on a road trip and she got stuck waist

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deep in a latrine after it collapsed. Oh no, she said.

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She was trapped in the sewage pit for approximately three

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hours until rescued by a local tradesman in Australia who

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happened to be passing by. The toilet is located at

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the Henbury Meteorites Conservation Zone. That's about ninety miles southwest

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of Alice Springs, which is a remote place to begin

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with if you know Australia at all. Wow. Pit toilets

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are basic, non flush latrines that collect human waste in

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a deep hole in the ground. I've used those in

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national parks here in the States. Luckily, the woman had

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her husband with her. He got the attention of the tradesman.

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The tradesmen lowered a rope into the pit. The woman

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hung onto the rope and they used his car to

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lift her out. It took over forty five minutes. You

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can only imagine what was down in that hole. Glad

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she's okay. Wow. Some people take up jogging to stay

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in shape. One guy looked at some asphalt and said,

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you know what this needs skis. It's another world record,

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this one by mister World Records. Cocky name there. Mister

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World Records hit sixty nine miles per hour while being

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towed on skis across a parking lot. He's Johnny Cruse, Buckingham.

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He was pulled behind a car to reach the speed,

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setting the record for fastest towed asphalt skiing. Mister World

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Record says the stunt was meant to inspire his child

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to set big goals and reach for the stars. Nice

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job by some hockey fans. During the Stanley Cup playoffs

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up in Buffalo, Cammy was singing the opening notes of

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Oh Canada, and a technical glitch caused her microphone to

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cut out. So what happened? The crowd stepped in to

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finish the song. The Buffalo Sabers have maintained a dual

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anthem tradition, as Buffalo is just minutes from the Canadian border.

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The Sabers have played two national anthems, regardless of the opponent,

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before every home game since nineteen seventy. Sabers lost that

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game two to one in overtime, but they did win

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the series in Game six, their first playoff series win

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since two thousand and seven. Congratulations, Do you like pull ups?

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A guy named Xavier did listen to this number. Twelve thousand,

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four hundred and twelve pull ups in twenty four hours.

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That doesn't even sound like a real number. He did

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this over last weekend. He started at ten am on

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Saturday and finished at ten am on Sunday. Twelve thousand,

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four hundred and twelve all day, all night pull ups.

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This broke the previous record by Enrique, who had only

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done twelve thousand, three hundred and forty five. Xavier beat

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that record by sixty seven. Xavier said he got seriously

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into pull ups about three years ago because he was

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trying out to a friend. There's an understatement. Twelve four

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hundred and twelve. Wow, all right, I've got a twist

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on the Hey, good news. We found your zebra story.

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In Armenia, the police got a call that a zebra

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had escaped from the zoo and was wandering loose in

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the neighborhood. Leez responded, zoo was contact. Everybody went out

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looking for the zebra. You've heard me do this kind

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of story before. Here's a new version on it. It

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wasn't a zebra, it was a donkey that someone had

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painted black and white stripes on. The idea was to

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walk the fake zebra out onto the avenue and film

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a video. The zoo issued a statement of clear things up.

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They said the new story this morning was nothing more

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than a failed joke. A citizen whose identity is currently

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being determined by law enforcement painted his donkey with stripes

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and took it to the street to film a video.

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I would like to inform you that the zebras at

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the zoo are safe and in their free enclosure. The

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zoo wants to remind you that this kind of stunt

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is actually dangerous for the animal because chemical dyes can

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be toxic to animals and cause real health problems. And

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those are your five good news stories for today. Have

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a great day.