Cocaine Sharks

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Now sometimes I work in quirky stories. The end goal here is to make you smile, so you have a nice day. And here's a quirky one. Sharks off Brazil, I've tested positive for cocaine. The drug was found in thirteen wild Brazilian sharp nosed sharks tested. Say that three times fast. I got it on the first try, with a concentration as much as one hundred times higher than previously reported for other aquatic creatures. What is going on? Researchers have long suggested that sea life could be impacted by drugs dumped into the water by smugglers. However, the study is very limited and the impact of cocaine on all aquatic life is not yet fully known. Good News Jabi the parrot is back home after a wild weekend.

0:56 Jabi the parrot left home slightly after midnight on a Saturday, prompting his owners put up posters and share appeals to find him. He was eventually found at the local hospital's maternity unit, eating of chips and playing around. The owner was contacted by a nurse at the Queen Elizabeth maternity unit. We are told the parrot seems in good spirits chipper and is happy. He had a wild weekend and now he's like, I just need to rest. I've been there, Jabi. Good news if you like diamonds, but you're gonna have to work for it. Scientists believe there's a layer of diamonds eleven miles thick on Mercury. A researcher at the Center for a High Pressure Science at Technology Advanced Research in Beijing says, we know there's a lot of carbon in the form of graphite on the surface mercury, but there were very few studies about the inside of the planet.

1:44 In the study, researchers plast graphite in a special pressure machine along with a smattering of elements believed to be rich in Mercury's mental layer, including silicon, titanium, magnesium, and aluminum. They subjected that mixture to seventy thousand times the pressure of Earth at sea level and at two thousand degrees salesias, which for you fahrenheit officionados is a thirty six hundred and thirty degrees. Those are the conditions believed to have been present when Mercury was forming. Four point five billion years ago. I know I'm being goofy here, but science really is amazing, isn't it. So if you want to go mine the diamonds, remember you're gonna have to send some mining equipment to Mercury. Your equipment is going after with stands surface temperatures hotter than five hundred degrees fahrenheit, And I guess you'll need somebody who wants to buy them.

2:31 I'll take stamps for two hundred dollars. Alex Trebek now has his own stamp, a Forever stamp, available via the United States Postal Service. A video previewed the stamp, which gave the answer. This naturalized US citizen hosted the quiz show Jeopardy for thirty seven seasons. Who is Alex tur Beck? Ken Jennings, who currently host Jeopardy, said, I'm excited to announce Alex Trebek will receive a stamp. It came out on what would have been Alex's eighty fourth birthday. Are you hungry? How about a sandwich that's almost ten feet long? A South African restaurant served up a three meter long sandwich. Again, we're doing metric conversions today, nine point eight feet the sandwich produced by Annie's Ladies Barn Cape Down follows a previous burger they made in twenty nineteen that weighed two hundred and seventy three pounds. Boy, imagine if you want that medium well, I hope the middle layer wasn't too pink.

3:21 With no less than ten layers of fillings, the sandwich tipped the scales at one hundred forty five pounds. It took over four hours to prepare. It cost one hundred and sixty dollars for all the ingredients. That doesn't sound like all that much now that you say it. Forty four pounds of meat, three types of sliced sausage from steak to burger patties and chicken file ats, three layers of French fries that weigh twenty two pounds to break up the meats, a layer of klamari for those who prefer seafood, and finally, a generous helping of onion rings on top. All in a sandwich. There were sauces from garlic to cheese, pepper, mushroom, tartar depended on the layer. The sandwich purveyors said the the biggest challenge was finding a bread roll to fit it all in. They had to have three feet long rolls, especially baked, and join them together. The sandwich was a take on the Gatsby, which is a renowned South African takeaway meal that is usually made up of sloppy French fries and meat and a chunky bread, and was traditionally served big enough to feed multiple people. The sandwich is now long gone if you were hopping on a plane to go get a piece of it, but it did feed about one hundred and forty people. And those are your five good news stories for today. If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it they might enjoy it too. If you would like this program commercial free, check out the link in the show notes and you have an awesome day.