Sept. 11, 2025

Good News for a Toucan stuck.....behind a dishwasher?

Show Notes
Transcript

Divers off Vancouver Island had a humorous encounter with a giant Pacific Octopus that took a selfie with their camera. A study in England shows that nitrate-rich beetroot juice may help lower blood pressure in older adults. Frefighters rescued a pet toucan named Chester after it got stuck behind a dishwasher. Guinness is celebrating its 70th anniversary by challenging the public to attempt 70 unclaimed world records. Lastly, the nonprofit 'Longer Tables' created a mile-long table to promote community and shared meals, highlighting their mission to foster connection and belonging.

5 Good News Stories is a daily podcast with five positive, uplifting news stories to brighten your day. New episodes every day. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media network

John also hosts Daily Comedy News

Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! For Apple users, hit the banner which says Uninterrupted Listening on your Apple podcasts app.

Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories’ with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!

Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com

WEBVTT

1
00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:10.679
Callaroga shark media boy. This show's fun to do. Hi,

2
00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:14.039
I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Some divers

3
00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:17.679
had some fun with an octopus. The octopus came out

4
00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:20.839
and took a selfie with them. Yeah. Chris was diving

5
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.480
off Vancouver Island with his friend John. They ran into

6
00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:29.160
a giant Pacific octopus. The octopus stretched out its arms

7
00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:32.920
and grabbed John's camera. John told CBC was carrying around

8
00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:35.280
my camera for about five minutes that suddenly was jumping

9
00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:38.119
over to give Chris a big hug. Chris said, we

10
00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:39.920
originally saw it on our way out. We passed at

11
00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:41.640
the beginning to dive. Took a couple of pictures when

12
00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:43.799
it was underneath the rock. Half an hour later we

13
00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:46.079
passed back on the way home. It stretches quite far

14
00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:47.960
from where it was to grab hold of the camera.

15
00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:49.439
It really went out of its way to get a

16
00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:52.079
hold of John and his camera. I like to give

17
00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:54.000
him space, but as I tried to swim away, it

18
00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:57.000
dropped the camera and started moving towards where I was going,

19
00:00:57.039 --> 00:01:00.200
effectively following me. It briefly stopped to interact with another octopus,

20
00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:02.159
then saw me up high or filming it and it

21
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:03.799
made a bline right for me and jumped on me.

22
00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.799
Next Chris said it was wild, it was crazy. What

23
00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:09.200
was going on? John says, Chris has some great photos

24
00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:11.640
of it actually holding the camera and aiming it towards

25
00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.560
the wall. That's great. Do you like beetroot juice? Maybe

26
00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:19.319
you should. Apparently the blood pressure lowering effect of nitrate

27
00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:22.920
rich beetroot juice in older people may have something to

28
00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:27.400
do with changes in the oral microbiome. Researchers in England

29
00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:30.879
conducted the study. It followed previous research that had shown

30
00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:34.840
a high nitrate diet could reduce blood pressure, which could

31
00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.319
reduce the risk of heart disease. Professor An E. Vanhaldo

32
00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:42.000
said encouraging older adults to consume more nitrate rich vegetables

33
00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.239
could have significant long term health benefits. We know that

34
00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:47.799
a nitrate rich diet has health benefits, and older people

35
00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:50.200
produce less of their own nitric oxide as they age.

36
00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:52.239
The good news is if you don't like beetroot, you

37
00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:56.640
could try spinach, celery, or kale. What if I don't

38
00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.200
like any of those? I mean, celery is okay, but

39
00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:01.560
I'm only to have cellary if I also have twelve

40
00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:04.519
buffalo wings and two beers. Not sure that's the healthiest

41
00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.480
diet there. Scientists get back to me. Rough day for

42
00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:11.240
a twu can, a woman's pet Tucan fell into the

43
00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:15.039
toilet and they had to call in the firefighters. Maria said,

44
00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.439
the two can plopped in. He freaked out. I freaked out.

45
00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:19.719
I picked him up, I scooped him, brought him to

46
00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:21.680
the sink and started rinsing him off to make sure

47
00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:24.879
he was clean. Apparently, the two can is not fond

48
00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:27.960
of forced bats and fled the sink before the two

49
00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.919
can could be dried off. Maria says, next thing I know,

50
00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:33.159
I'm like, where did Chester the two can go? He

51
00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:35.879
disappeared in the thin air. Poor Chester got stuck behind

52
00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:40.000
the dishwasher. She couldn't reach Chester. The two Can called

53
00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:42.960
the fire department. Jake showed up. He's been on the

54
00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:45.439
fire department for nineteen years, and he said the situation

55
00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:47.680
was first for him. He said, see all these comments

56
00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:50.960
about them taking us away from service. Jake says, this

57
00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:52.840
is our job. This is what we do. We help

58
00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:55.319
people and will also help birds whenever we have to.

59
00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:59.159
All Right, it's not only trope time, it's meta trope time.

60
00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:04.319
Guinness celebrating its seventieth anniversary by challenging fans to attempt

61
00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:08.199
seventy unclaimed records. I see what you're doing here the

62
00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:10.479
unclaimed records. Okay, you want to be in the Guinness

63
00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:12.360
Book of World Records. Here are some of the records

64
00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:16.080
that are unclaimed. Fastest four hundred meters sack race. I

65
00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:18.919
feel like you could do that one farthest distance to

66
00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:21.080
bounce a coin into a cup. Now again, if no

67
00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:23.280
one's claimed the record, you could just do like one

68
00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:26.240
coin bounce and you could be the record holder for

69
00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:28.280
about a week until somebody steals your record. But why

70
00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:32.400
not the farthest distance, bottle flip, most high fives and

71
00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:35.240
thirty seconds. Again, the record's unclaimed, I'm gonna claim it

72
00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:38.479
and do one. Fastest time to build a five story

73
00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:41.599
playing card pyramid, fastest time to make a burrito, the

74
00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:44.319
fastest time to arrange a set of scrabbled titles in

75
00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:49.159
alphabetical order. The editor of Guinness World Records said, we're

76
00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:51.919
now looking forward and celebrating the current and next generation

77
00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:54.240
of record breakers. We want everyone to be part of it,

78
00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:57.319
whether that's using our new record selector tool or having

79
00:03:57.319 --> 00:03:59.800
a go at one of our seventy unclaimed records there

80
00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.240
for the taking, and can you pass the salt please.

81
00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:07.039
Longer Tables is a nonprofit that believes in the power

82
00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.800
of shared meals. They welcomed thirty four hundred local people

83
00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:13.080
who signed up to sit down at the first ever

84
00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:17.399
quote mile long table, hence my joke about passing the salt.

85
00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.800
The table fifty two hundred and eighty feet long, that

86
00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:23.959
is indeed a mile. Hundreds of volunteers set up and

87
00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:27.040
serve the guests at the mile long table. Longer Table

88
00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:29.879
began its mission of promoting shared meals in twenty thirteen.

89
00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:32.079
They have since hosted more than one hundred gatherings in

90
00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:35.639
five states to help cities, organizations, businesses, and neighborhoods, creek

91
00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.639
cultures of connection and belonging. That sounds like it was

92
00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:41.360
a lot of fun. More info at Longer Tables dot org.

93
00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:43.720
And those are five good news stories for today. If

94
00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:47.160
you'd like the program without commercial interruption, Apple Podcasts Banner

95
00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:50.439
Uninterrupted Listening, Click click click, have a great day.