July 5, 2026

German Shepherd drifts out to sea in inflatable kayak

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Johnny Mac presents five oddball good-news stories: a famed Masterton, New Zealand fernery (dating to 1924 and housing 60+ fern varieties) is temporarily closed for deep cleaning after several incidents of people pooping there despite nearby public toilets; a New Zealand grocery store draws visitors for a rare half-red, half-yellow apple estimated to occur in fewer than one in a million fruits; Guinness regular David Rush sets a record by balancing a running electric chainsaw on his chin for 4 minutes 1.44 seconds; Alicia earns the record for the world’s largest Wonder Woman memorabilia collection with 1,581 items; and a German shepherd drifting out to sea in an inflatable kayak is rescued by Captain Jimmy and crew member Aaron and reunited with its owners.

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Caalaroga Shock Media. Oh boy, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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news stories. Now I'm the person who puts this show

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together top to bottom. I picked the stories, I slot

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the stories, and now I'm second guessing myself. Why John, Well,

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are you ready for this or not? A popular New

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Zealand tourist attraction has been temporarily closed because uh, why

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are you doing this story? John? They announced on social

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media that the staff had to carry out a thorough

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cleaning before the attraction could reopen. The statement reads, we've

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had several incidents recently of people pooping in the fernery.

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Now you see there are public restrooms a short walk

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from the Fernery, so I agree with the statement that

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says this behavior is entirely unacceptable. A spokesperson said, this

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kind of behavior is completely unacceptable and disrespectful to other

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parking users. It is thankfully rare. There are excellent public

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toilets literally two minutes from the Fernery, and this is

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a weird thing to add and regularly praise toilets a

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few minutes away in the Central Business district. The Fernery

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is one of the best known attractions in Masterton. It

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houses more than sixty varieties of fern. The structure dates

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back to nineteen twenty four. Please do not pooh in

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the fernery. Also from New Zealand, a grocery store has

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become a tourist attraction for a much better reason. You see,

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there's a rare apple that looks like it was split

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down the middle by a paintbrush. Half the apple is

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bright red, the other half is yellow like. It doesn't

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look real. It looks fake. Experts estimate such apples appear

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in fewer than one in a million fruits. Heather is

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the store apple and said people have gone home till

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their other half and they haven't believed them, so they

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came back with them. Lots of people are really excited

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and have taken photos of it. It just captured people's imagination.

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You know, why don't you guys head up to the

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fernery after checking out the apple? Year old day goes.

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Heather says, We've been in the game a long time,

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never seen one like it. All right, let's check in

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with David Rush That's the guy that likes us to

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talk about him with all the Guinness World records. I

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see his stories for him all the time, and I

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kind of skip half of them at this point and

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just I'm kind of tired of it. But this one,

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he might be crazy. David Rush set the record for

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longest time balancing a running chainsaw on his chin. No,

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don't do that, No, what are you thinking? He kept

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the spinning tool upright for four minutes and one point

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four to four seconds. He said, some records are simple,

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some are hard, some are flat out terrifying. Balancing a

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running chainsaw on my chin falls squarely into the terrifying category,

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a challenge that took me even years to work up

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the nerve. To attempt to reduce the danger, Rush chose

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an electric chainsaw rather than a gas powered model. Yeah,

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you don't want to be crazy, explain that a traditional

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two stroke engine can produce unpredictable vibrations and jerky movements.

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His technique, I had to keep the center of gravity

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just above my chin while the laid spun inches from

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my face. The oil tripped down and my nerves ramped up.

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I have no desire to ever do this one again,

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but I'm proud that the record is mine. Boy Ooo,

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I'm scared even reading you that one. Now. This next

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one also a Guinness World Record, much more fun Alisha

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earned the record for world's largest collection of Wonder Woman

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memorabilia fifteen hundred and eighty one items dedicated to Wonder Woman.

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The collection includes comic books, action figures, Funko Pops, clothing,

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and a wide variety of branded merchandise celebrating the Amazon

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Warrior wonder Woman Alicia soeld Guinness in those animations back

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for the animated Justice League series in the early two thousands.

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She always stood her ground, was quick witted, and carried

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herself with strength and compassion. Wonder Woman is a beacon

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of hope for girls and women everywhere, and a reminder

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that we need to support one another more. And good

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news for a German shepherd. The shepherd was on its

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way out to sea. This was not the plan. No,

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The shepherd with an inflatable kayak, and the wind caught

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the kayak and there goes the poor shepherd out to sea.

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Captain Jimmy and crew member Aaron were conducting a tour nearby.

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They received the alert from the Coastguard. They dropped off

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their passengers and they had it out to search for

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the drifting inflatable kayak with the German shepherd in it.

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They soon spotted the inflatable boat. They reached out to

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grab the dog, grabbed its harness, and the animals slipped

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free and fell back into the sea. No Oh No

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spokesperson said, without hesitation, Aaron lunged over the side and

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grabbed the dog by the scruff of its neck. He

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was almost pulled overboard himself. Jimmy grabbed hold of Aaron's

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leg and together they somehow managed to haul the dog

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safely aboard. The rescue was a success. The dog was

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reunited with its owners. I have no idea what happened

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to the inflatable kayak. And those are five good news

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stories for today See tomorrow.