Aug. 18, 2026

A Bear Takes A Peach At A Military Base, and guess what it left

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A black bear wandered into the Exchange mall at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, ate a peach, was caught on security cameras pooping, and was safely escorted back to the woods with no injuries. In Australia, a city gathered over 600 trombone players to perform “76 Trombones” in an attempt to break the Guinness record of 368 set in Washington, DC in 2012. In India, 15-year-old Parth created an AI app, Project Sadak, to report potholes via GPS-tagged photos, leading to 11 repairs. Rishi has spent 10 years interviewing more than 3,000 World War II veterans. In England, Jacob used savings to take his 80-year-old grandfather Jeff to World Cup matches, later receiving £10,000 from a cryptocurrency casino after England beat Congo.

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Caalaroga Shock Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny mag with five

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good news stories. Here's a question. Does a bear poop

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in an air force base if nobody's around to see it?

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A black bear paid an unexpected visit to a shopping

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mall on an Alaskan military base and left behind something.

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The bear wandered into the Exchange shopping mall at Joint

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Base Elmendorf Richardson, better known as JBER, on a Sunday morning.

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The bear stopped off at the commissary, where it helped

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itself to a peach, just one peach. The bear's not greedy,

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and then it went on the floor. The bear's pooping

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was caught by security cameras. Base officials say that conservation

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law enforcement officers responded and safely escorted the bear away

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from the shopping area and back into the woods. No

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people or bears were injured, and I helped the bear.

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Enjoyed the bear. In Australia, a city's hoping that they

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set a new Guinness World Record after bringing together more

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than six hundred trombone players. It's not seventy six trombones,

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it's six hundred trombones. But what did they play seventy

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six trombones from the music Man. The ensemble included students,

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members of community bands, orchestras and musicians from across Queensland

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and beyond. If the record is confirmed, it will shatter

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the existing record, which is a mere three hundred and

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sixty eight trombone players, which was set in Washington, d C.

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In twenty twelve. The mayor said this record etempt was

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about much more than the numbers. It was about showcasing

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the power of music in a city that embraces culture.

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A fifteen year old student in India turned a family

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accident into a technology project aimed at making roads safer.

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Parth is the boy's name. He created an artificial intelligence

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powered app called Project Sedesak that helps people report potholes

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directly to local authorities. We can need this in New Jersey.

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The idea came after his parents were involved in a

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motorcycle accident caused by one of those besky potholes. The

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app allows users to take a photo of a potter

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and automatically tag its location using GPS. Artificial intelligence verifies

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that the image is actually a pothole. Can you imagine

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uploading fake potholes? I guess people would do that, and

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then humans assign it a severity rating ranging from minor

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to severe or in New Jersey to we'll get around

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to that someday. Once a report is complete, the app

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drafts an email, digitally signs it with the user's name,

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and sends it to the appropriate government office. Thanks to

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the app, eleven potholes have already been repaired. Meanwhile, another

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young man, Rishi, set out to learn more about World

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War II. He has spent the last decade preserving American history.

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He was just out of high school when he began

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traveling around Sokal to interview combat veterans about their experiences

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during World War Two and again do the math on

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World War Two veterans. Not too many left. Ten years later,

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Sharma has interviewed more than three thousand World War Two veterans.

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He recently spoke with a one hundred year old survivor

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of the Battle of Iwujima. Rishi said, I have spent

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every day of the last ten years doing this. Nice job.

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By Hey, Jacob, he emptied his savings account he'd been

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putting it aside to buy a house. He wanted to

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take his eighty year old grandfather Jeff to the World Cup.

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Jacob and Grandpa been attending matches together since Jacob was

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a little boy. He decided it was finally his turn

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to return the favor. They live in England. They traveled

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to New York, Atlanta, and Mexico City. They were there

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when England won three to two over Mexico. That must

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have been a lot of fun. As their journey unfolded,

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videos of the grandfather and grandson went viral on social media.

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A US based cryptocurrency casino contacted them and said they'd

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reimburse the money if England defeated Panama buy more than

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two goals. I like how they put a condition on it, right,

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England only won two. Nothing. See, the casino had said

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more than two goals, so Jacob assumed the offer had

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fallen through. So the company came back and said, all right,

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we'll pay you if England beats Congo. Jacob explained, I

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didn't quite believe it, but to be honest, until I

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looked at my bank and it was there, I was

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in shock. They did pay ten thousand pounds because England

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did defeat Congo. He said, I think I'll save the

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money until I get back home. I'll put into a

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savings account for now and see what happens over the

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next couple of months. I could buy a house. Anything

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