July 25, 2026

A Purple Seal - why is it purple?

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: French police recovered a stolen Pablo Picasso portrait worth about 12 million euros during a drug-dealer investigation near Paris; four suspects were arrested in thefts tied to a Paris storage warehouse, and the authenticated artwork will be returned to its owner. Duke University researchers restored retinal function in mice by injecting lab-grown human retinal blood vessel cells made from induced pluripotent stem cells. Gardener Graham set Guinness records with a 3 lb 13.7 oz elephant garlic bulb and the heaviest Swedish heirloom snow pea, adding to several prior records. A purple elephant seal at Ano Nuevo State Park was stained by red algae. At a California wedding, a rediscovered video of the bride at age four predicted marrying “Max,” matching the groom’s name; the moment went viral on TikTok.

00:09 Stolen Picasso Found
00:57 Stem Cells Restore Sight
01:33 Giant Garlic Records
02:09 Mystery Purple Seal
02:38 Wedding Time Capsule

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. Good news, we found the stolen Picasso.

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French police. We're out trying to catch drug dealers and

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the drug dealers at a stolen Pablo Picasso painting with

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an estimated twelve million euros. The portrait, believes to depict

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Picasso's longtime muse Marie, was found hidden inside a house

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near Paris, along with cash, cannabis, and hundreds of thousands

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of dollars worth of luxury goods. Authlready say four suspects

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were arrested for confessing to several thefts connected to a

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Paris storage warehouse. One of the suspects reportedly worked there

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as a security guard. This will probably make a good

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Netflix series. The artwork had previously been authenticated by Claude Picasso,

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the artist's son, before being sold in an auction to

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a buyer in Singapore. The missing portrait has now been

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recovered and will be returned to its rightful owner. Scientists

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always getting it done on this program, They've taken a

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step towards treating blindness after successfully restoring retinal function and

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mice using lab grown human cells researchers at Duke University

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created specialized blood vessel cells for the retina using induced

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pluripotent stem cells often called ipsc's. Those stem cells are

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made by reprogramming ordinary adult cells into cells capable of

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developing into many different types of tissue. When the lab

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grown cells were injected into mice with retinal disease, they

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integrated into damaged tissue, rebuilt healthy blood vessels, and restored

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retinal function. Congratulations to a gardener. He has the record

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breaking giants garlic bulb. Graham harvested in elephant's garlic bulb.

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Weighing an incredible three pounds thirteen point seven ounces, The

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giant's bulb was seven and a half inches across, earning

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the Guinness World Record for world's heaviest elephant garlic. On

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that same day, he broke another record. His Swedish heirloom

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snowpee was declared the world's heaviest Whededish heirloom snowpea. Apparently

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this is what this guy does. Last year, he earned

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four Guinness records, including world's heaviest loofa and longest pea pod.

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If you were in California recently and you saw an

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elephant's seal that was purple, and you're like, what is

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going on there? They have figured it out. The purple

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seal was found resting on the sand at Anno Nuevo

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State Park. People wondered why is it purple? Some speculated

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and had been eating purple sea urchins. Others wondered if

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the purple seal was injured. The answer the seal had

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been lounging on a patch of red algae, which stained

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its skin and gave it a purple tint. Park officials

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joke the animal looked like it had taken a bath

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in grape juice. All right, listen to this one. At

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a California wedding, they played a recording of the bride

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from when she was four. Okay, so he's four years

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old and she recorded some stuff During the father daughter dance,

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Jordan's parents surprised the couple by playing a home video

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they had recently rediscovered. In the recording, four year old

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Jordan enthusiastically describe what she imagined her future wedding would

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be like, complete with clowns face painting. At a moon bounce,

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she listed some childhood friends she expected to be there.

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Some of those friends were in fact at the wedding.

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I don't think they had a moon bounce though. Her

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father asked, who will be your husband? The little girl

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answered Max. The groom looks stunned. You know why his

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name is Max. Now, Jordan did know a different guy

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named Max when she was four years old. She didn't

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marry that Max, but you know, don't let that get

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in a way of a good story. She didn't remember

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the recording. The parents found it while preparing for the wedding.

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Jordan said, I was just as surprised as everybody else.

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I was already emotional from the surprise of hearing my

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tiny four year old voice. I couldn't believe what was

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going on. The moment has been shared on TikTok and

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has over twenty two million views. In those are your

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five good news stories for today, I have a good one.