Sept. 4, 2025

Good News about Why wolves hate Scarlet Johansson

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Farmers in Yellowstone deter wolves using Scarlett Johansson's voice, resulting in fewer livestock attacks. In Vermont, Patrick refurbishes payphones for a community with poor cell service, offering free phone use. Scientists in South Korea develop a temporary tattoo to detect the drug GHB, preventing drink spiking. In the Philippines, the Playfair Arcade installs the world's largest claw machine, achieving a Guinness World Record. Lastly, in Britain, firefighters rescue four cows trapped in quicksand.

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Kalaroga Shock Media. Hey there, I'm shouting Mack with five

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good news stories. Now as a regular listen to this program,

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We're probably like hate shoanning Mack. How do I get

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rid of wolves? Well, I have the answer for you.

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You use the voice of Scarlett Johanson. Ever since great

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wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, farmers have had

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a deal with a tax on their livestock. So the

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farmers aren't allowed to shoot them, they're not allowed to

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poison them. So they figured out what could they do.

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They tried using acdc's Hell's bills, but what they found

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was really working was the scene from Scarlett Johansson's movie

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Marriage Story. When I host this program, the devil's in

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the details quoted here is USDA District Supervisor. Are you

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ready for his name? Paul Wolf? Love it. Mister Wolf said,

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I need the wolves to respond and know that, Hey,

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humans are bad For some reason. Woolf do not like

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these sounds of humans arguing. They find it disturbing enough

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to be deterred by them, especially the voice of Scarlett

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Johansson proving Colin Jost is not a wolf. In case

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you were wondering, putting Scarlett Johansson on a drone show

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that wolf attack numbers fell from eleven to twenty days

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to just two in eighty five days. In Vermont, a

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man is refurbishing payphones in a community with poor cell signals.

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Patrick said, I realized, Wow, there's no cell service for

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like ten miles in either direction. This community could really

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benefit from something like this. He bought an old payphone,

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which in Casha Curius sells for between one hundred and

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five hundred dollars and installed it outside the general store

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in North Churnbridge. He used a device that converts an

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Internet connection to an analog telecom line that the phones

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can use. He took out the coin operation mechanism, so

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suddenly there was free phones for everybody. Store owner Mike said,

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everybody's pretty surprised. You like, is that a real payphone?

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Does it work? And I'm like yeah, but it doesn't

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lost any money. Now, We've had people use it that

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broke down. It's a great thing because service is so

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spotty in Vermont. Now this isn't set it and forget it.

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It costs two to three dollars per phone for the

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phone line and another five dollars for calls. Then Patrick,

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the guy that hooked all this up, has to act

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as the operator, fielding or transferring calls and helping users

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when needed. If they dial zero, the operator calls arrive

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on his personal cell phone, which uses an app to

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keep his number private. In one month, three hundred and

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seventy calls, this guy gave himself a full time job

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that doesn't pay anything. Awkwardly switching topics, a temporary tattoo

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that detects drugs and drinks could prevent spiking with rufees. Well,

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this is good. A new sticker responds within one second

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to even low concentrations of the drug GHB. According to scientists,

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GHB commonly known as rufees. The drugs are colorless and tasteless.

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Scientists in South Korea developed a rapid acting test for

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rufees that's worn on the skin, using a tatsoo sticker.

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To create the stickers, the scientists placed a mold on

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top of a thin plastic film decorated with tattoo like designs.

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They then poured a gel mixture into the mold containing

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a chemical receptor that turns red when it detects roofies.

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Then they coated the back of the sticker with a

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diluted glue solution, so it sticks to your skin. One

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of the scientists said, in practice, a wearer could dip

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a finger no beverage, touch the drop to the sticker

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and see the result almost immediately. Nice job, scientists, all right.

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In the Philippines, an arcade has earned the Guinness World

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Record by installing the world's largest claw machine. You'll have

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to visit the Playfair Arcade at the Top's Landmark in

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Cebu City. They have unveiled clocking seventeen point one six

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feet long, eight point one two feet wide and twelve

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point seven three feet tall. Clocking takes the record from

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Santa Claw, which is a defunct claw machine anyway, installed

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in Florida. That one was just sixteen point seven feet

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long and some other measurements. Who cares the arcade said

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a social media What an epic achievement. We happily share

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with Cebu and we're beyond proud to bring this record home.

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In Britain, four cows had sank into quicksand the Carlisle

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East fire Station set on social media. Cruise responded after

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a report came in about cows stuck in quicksand the

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firefighters arrived, They found the quicksand had hardened into extremely

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firm mud, trapping the cows up to their necks. The

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cows had broken through a gate overnight made their way

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to the river. The cows were successfully extracted by trained

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animal rescue specialists using a telehandler borrowed from a farmer.

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The fire department reports it was an utterly good ending

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