Feb. 13, 2025

A woman smashes watermelons....with her thighs

Show Notes
Transcript

Join Johnny Mac as he shares five heartwarming stories. Hear about Alicia and Lauren's lucky beach day in Australia, a dad's generous kidney donation to save a young girl, a truck driver's heroic act on the highway, Cape Town being named the world's best city, and a Turkish woman setting a quirky world record.

00:00 Beach Rescue
01:01 A Father's Selfless Act
01:48 Highway Hero Saves the Day
02:33 Cape Town: World's Best City
03:47 Unusual World Record

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Calaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. Good news for Alisha and Lauren. They

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were at the beach. This story takes place in Australia.

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In case you're wondering why they were at the beach

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this time of year. Anyway, along comes a big wave

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and the meaty wave stole their phones and their car keys.

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Alisha got up and ran, what do you grabbed first? Yeah,

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she got the phones, but they gave up on ever

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seeing the car keys again. Then ten minutes later, Alicia

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was making a video describing what had just happened, and

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Lauren suddenly spotted the keys floating on another wave. Alsha said,

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we are so lucky and grateful. We had the keys

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sitting up on the beach on a rock and a ran.

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A monster wave came and swept them away. About ten

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minutes later we were laughing that they were gone stuck

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without our car keys, and a wave brought them back

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up to the beach about five meters away in another spot.

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What was even more amazing is they work perfectly despite

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the swim. We genuinely were so lucky. Switching gears. A

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dad has donated his kidney to save an eleven year

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old girl who reminded him of his own daughter who

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has passed away, and he said he did it without

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hesitation when he discovered young Amber was in desperate need

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of a kidney to save her life. Andy's daughter Sarah

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died from kidney disease at eight years old. The family

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had been through a widespread campaign, supported by soccer team

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Leeds United and English national football player Calvin Phillips. Sarah,

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the eight year old, did secure a kidney transplant. However,

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she passed away three hundred and sixty four days after

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receiving the kidney. Andy said, I donated a kidney because

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a kind stranger donated one of my daughter. I saw

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the appeal for Amber, and there were so many similarities

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between Amber and Sarah that I felt I had to

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push myself forward, and luckily I was a good match.

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A truck driver has been recognized as a highway hero

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after using his truck to help Corala shooter who had

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injured a police officer. This happened on I eighty eight Timothy,

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he was driving along. He was about to pass a

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state tree trooper who was approaching a car. He just

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pulled over Tim. He told Fox News Digital, it happened

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so fast. I wasn't one hundred percent sure what I

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saw it first, but I saw the trooper kind of

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skip sideways a little bit. Then he saw the driver

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draw his gun and start shooting out the back window.

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This went on for twelve minutes. Tim then pulled his

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truck in front of the shooter's car, cornering him against

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the side of the road and ensuring that the shooter

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was stopped. Tim won the good Year Highway Hero Award.

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The purpose of the Highway Hero program is to bring

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more awareness and appreciation to the powerful impact that commercial

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drivers can have on the roads, individual lives, and communities.

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Congratulations to Cape Town, named the world's best city where

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you can see penguins and a natural wonder of the world.

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Time Out Travel editor Grace said, every year we take

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the pulse of city living by quizzing thousands of locals

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across the planet about life in their hometowns. This year,

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more than eighteen thousand, five hundred city dwellers share their

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insights and everything from food, nightlife, and culture to affordability, happiness,

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and the overall city vibe. Andrew works for the Timeout

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website and said, where else in the world can you

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hang out with a colony of African penguins, Taste some

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of the world's finest wines, stroll along blue flag beaches,

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enjoy stunning views from the top one of the new

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seven Wonders of Nature, and sample some of the most

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eclectic nightlife vibes in the world, all in one day.

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That's Cape Town. The second on the list was Bangkok.

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Third place New York. Now they has stationed my voice.

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I'm from New York, and New York sometimes is better

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than other times. Right now, in twenty twenty five, New

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York is nowhere near its peak. New York is not

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in good shape this these days. So now questioning the

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rest of the list. Melbourne and London make out the

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top five. I was in Melbourne ten full years ago

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and it was wonderful. But then again, New York was

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better ten years ago. So who knows? What's the point

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of the story, Johnny Mack, I don't know. Sorry, I try. Okay,

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here's a new world record for you. A Turkish woman

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has established the world record four watermelons crushed with thighs.

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I have the same questions you do. A Turkish woman

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squashed five watermelons within sixty seconds using only her thighs.

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That is the world record. There's a video clip in

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which we see Gazdi dug In, the world record holder,

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sitting between two rows of watermelons, grabbing them one at

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a time, crushing them, and then cleaning the mess before continuing.

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I didn't realize you have to clean the mess. Maybe

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you don't, but she did. She was handed a plaque

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and was told she is officially amazing. And I think

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I'm just gonna wrap before I get myself into trouble.

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And those are your five good news stories for today.

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If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it.

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They might like it too. See you next time.