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July 25, 2026

A Purple Seal - why is it purple?

A Purple Seal - why is it purple?
A Purple Seal - why is it purple?
5 Good News Stories
A Purple Seal - why is it purple?

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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0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Good news, we found the stolen Picasso. French police. We're out trying to catch drug dealers and the drug dealers at a stolen Pablo Picasso painting with an estimated twelve million euros. The portrait, believes to depict Picasso's longtime muse Marie, was found hidden inside a house near Paris, along with cash, cannabis, and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of luxury goods. Authlready say four suspects were arrested for confessing to several thefts connected to a Paris storage warehouse. One of the suspects reportedly worked there as a security guard. This will probably make a good Netflix series. The artwork had previously been authenticated by Claude Picasso, the artist's son, before being sold in an auction to a buyer in Singapore. The missing portrait has now been recovered and will be returned to its rightful owner. Scientists always getting it done on this program, They've taken a step towards treating blindness after successfully restoring retinal function and mice using lab grown human cells researchers at Duke University created specialized blood vessel cells for the retina using induced pluripotent stem cells often called ipsc's. Those stem cells are made by reprogramming ordinary adult cells into cells capable of developing into many different types of tissue. When the lab grown cells were injected into mice with retinal disease, they integrated into damaged tissue, rebuilt healthy blood vessels, and restored retinal function. Congratulations to a gardener. He has the record

1:36 breaking giants garlic bulb. Graham harvested in elephant's garlic bulb. Weighing an incredible three pounds thirteen point seven ounces, The giant's bulb was seven and a half inches across, earning the Guinness World Record for world's heaviest elephant garlic. On that same day, he broke another record. His Swedish heirloom snowpee was declared the world's heaviest Whededish heirloom snowpea. Apparently this is what this guy does. Last year, he earned four Guinness records, including world's heaviest loofa and longest pea pod. If you were in California recently and you saw an elephant's seal that was purple, and you're like, what is going on there? They have figured it out. The purple seal was found resting on the sand at Anno Nuevo State Park. People wondered why is it purple? Some speculated and had been eating purple sea urchins. Others wondered if the purple seal was injured. The answer the seal had been lounging on a patch of red algae, which stained its skin and gave it a purple tint. Park officials joke the animal looked like it had taken a bath in grape juice. All right, listen to this one. At a California wedding, they played a recording of the bride from when she was four. Okay, so he's four years old and she recorded some stuff During the father daughter dance, Jordan's parents surprised the couple by playing a home video they had recently rediscovered. In the recording, four year old Jordan enthusiastically describe what she imagined her future wedding would be like, complete with clowns face painting. At a moon bounce, she listed some childhood friends she expected to be there.

3:06 Some of those friends were in fact at the wedding. I don't think they had a moon bounce though. Her father asked, who will be your husband? The little girl answered Max. The groom looks stunned. You know why his name is Max. Now, Jordan did know a different guy named Max when she was four years old. She didn't marry that Max, but you know, don't let that get in a way of a good story. She didn't remember the recording. The parents found it while preparing for the wedding. Jordan said, I was just as surprised as everybody else. I was already emotional from the surprise of hearing my tiny four year old voice. I couldn't believe what was going on. The moment has been shared on TikTok and has over twenty two million views. In those are your five good news stories for today, I have a good one.