2,500 Pies Recovered but you can't eat them

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Nice job by US Customs and Border Protection. They seized more than three thousand fake Gibson Electric guitars. Had the guitars been authentic, they would have been worth eighteen million dollars. But they're not authentic. They are fake. The director of Field Operations in la Cheryl Davies, said these fraudulent guitars may look and feel legitimate for unsuspecting customers buying them from third party online sources, and reminds us if it's too good to be true, it probably is good news. If you have dentures, scientists have found a way to help dentures stick better to your mouth.

0:46 One in every ten users of dentures of trouble keeping them in place. Scientists from the King's College, London believe that they have found the solution thanks to the octopus. You didn't see that coming, did you get? Didn't? Team from the KCl Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences explored how they could replicate what the octopuses are doing. You see octopuses this, I'm like, I want to say octopi, but the article says octopuses. You could tell me which is correct? Should I look that up? Why not? Miriam Webster says, which is correct? The three plurals for octopus come from the different ways the English language adopts plurals.

1:27 Octopi is the oldest plural of octopus, coming from the belief that words of Latin Ergin should have Latin endings. Octopuses was the next plural given the word in English ending to match its adoption as an English word. Lastly, octopods stems from the belief that because octopus is originally Greek, it should have a Greek ending. Miriam Webster, whoever wrote their website's pretty funny saying, given that most people don't often encounter multiple specimens of this genus of cephalopod mollusc, it's unlikely that you'll ever find yourself in sudden need of deciding which plural form is correct. Oh, you don't host a podcast, do you, Miriam Webster. But they say it's always better to be prepared with your irregular faux classical plurals. What do they recommend? They say, if you're interested in choosing the word that is most likely to be considered correct and understandable by your audience. You do well to opt for either octopusses or octopie. Where were we, Oh, yeah, the scientists were fixing your dentures. Octopusses have suction cups on the underside of their tentacles which create negative pressure vacuum that fixes them firmly to things like rocks. The scientists were like, oh, we could probably do that for dentures.

2:35 Good news out of Thailand, some smugglers had forty eight lemurs, thirty eight primates of various species, some crocodiles, and over a thousand rare tortoises. Those were seized when a convoy of four smuggling trucks were rated. So, I mean, if you're a smuggler, you're ready. You don't care. But like thirty primates and forty eight lemurs, several I don't know how many several crocodiles are and the backs of those trucks must have been quite an adventure. The animals were valued around two million dollars on the black market. The animals are now being returned to their homes. On Madagascar. There were nine hundred and sixty one healthy animals Wow. Meanwhile, in Texas, a man was spotted enjoying upscale Mexican wizine with his horse. This happened in Dallas. Michael was out with Ranger the horse. They had it on over to Mexican sugar. Ranger of the horse wears a black cowboy hat atop his head. He even has a fake id.

3:31 His hat contains a golden sheriff's badge. Duncan has an Instagram where he documents their adventures. That instagram is the Bar Horses, a TikTok user says. Duncan said he trailers him downtown almost every week to go somewhere new. Duncan post on Facebook that donations for Horses for Mental Health can be made via the Mental Health website link. All proceeds go to the nonprofit. They say. We hope horse lovers around the country will ride safely anytime in your hometown in support of this trailblazing mission. I'll tell you a law enforcement's getting it done today. This is our third law enforcement stories. This time police have recovered a stolen van with twenty five hundred pies in it. The bad news is they're too damaged to eat. Tommy owns two Michelan Star restaurants and a pub in northern England.

4:21 A member of the staff noticed the van was missing, along with its cargo of steak and ale, turkey and butternut squash pies intended for a Christmas market. Bank said the van was insured, but he was hoping the vehicle thieves wouldn't let the food go to waste, and in Instagram video he suggested they do the right thing and drop the pies at a community center something like that. Police found the van badly damaged and with stolen license plates about thirty miles away. The pies were still inside, but were damaged and had to be discarded. Banks said, it's just so much waste. Sorry, it's not a happier ending to this story. The pie highest is not the first food theft in the UK. Back in October you May a thousand wheels of artisanal chedder valued at almost four hundred thousand dollars, were swiped by a con artist posing as a wholesale distributor for a major French retailer.

5:10 Despite a hunt by British and international police, the cheese has not been found. That to me sounds like the plot of Fast and Furious eleven right domin the gang, get some fast cars and find who stole the cheese. You'll watch, and th'st her five good news stories for today. Weird one today. At least I didn't do a Guinness record for you. A little weird today, all right. If you enjoyed the show, tell a friend about it. They might like it too. If you would like the program without commercial interruption, there's a link in the show notes so to tell you how all that works. Do you have a great day,