Hamsters On A Plane!

0:03 Kalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm shoinning Mack with five good news stories. Now, when I started this program, decided it was clean and every now and then I wish I could be a little naughty. I'm not gonna be naughty relaxed, but I kind of want to go full Samuel L. Jackson with the first story because I've had it with these hamsters on this plane. Nudge, nudge, if you know what I mean. A plane was grounded for four days with one hundred and thirty two hamsters escaped on board. The hamsters escaped from boxes in the cargo hold. Official say the plane was kept at the airport for safety reasons, as the hamsters could pose a risk to the plane's electrical wires. Workers spent four days scouring the plane for loose hamsters. They caught them all. I hope.

0:49 So any plane has returned to Portugal as planned. Who I've had it? And can we make that movie with Samuel L. Jackson? Please? Congratulations to Ben winner of Chicago. How does a Jeremy Allen White lookalike contest? What did he win? Fifty bucks in a pack of Marlboro Reds. Two roommates Kelsey and Tailor advertised the event with flyers. It was supposed to be a joke, and then it gained traction on social media, so they actually had it. Ben said. People started saying, hey, you look like the guy from the Bear. They just happen to have the same hairstyle. Ben says, I just kind of like the way it looks. I haven't had a cut. That's the story there. Enjoy that fifty bucks in the marlboros. If you wind up getting cancer from the cigarettes, well good news.

1:33 British researchers have discovered one of the secrets behind a traditional Chinese medicine made from orange caterpillar fungus, and it has the potential to combat cancer. Apparently, the orange caterpillar fungus triggers anti inflammatory and other health benefits with a compound called cordscipine or something like that. I'm not the best at pronouncing scientific words. Doctor Cornelia de Moore is one of these scientists working on this and says we've been researching the effects the cordsiciplant on a range of diseases for a number of years, and with each step we got closer understanding how it could be used as an effective treatment. One of the exciting things that have been happening. This has become easier and less expensive to do these very large experiments, so we're able to examine thousands of genes at the same time. Meanwhile, in Poland, a father and son were out looking to find a historic Roman road. They didn't find the remains of the Roman road, but they did find seventeen coins, which may be worth around one hundred and twenty grand. These coins are all over the place. The oldest coin dates from fifteen eighty seven, the newest from sixteen forty one. These are thollars, from which the word dollar is derived. Several of the thollars were minted by Rudolph the Second in Austrian sixteen oh four, Frederick the First twenty or so years later, and Leopold the Fifth in sixteen twenty. Two of the coins were minted by Saxony ruler Johann George the First in sixteen twelve and sixteen twenty four. Another was from a German proto state, and one was minted in southern Austria. So what's the deal. One theory is

3:05 the burial was made by a merchant who wanted to hide his property from potential robbers. There was an inn about a kilometer away. During the sixteenth century. A local historian said it was a common practice to hide valuables before visiting an inn. Hey, good news if you were like, you know, there's not enough Kurt Vonnegut board games. Well one has been brought back. They tried to do this at nineteen fifty five and it didn't work. Kurt Vonngut's son Mark was eight years old when they came up on the board game. He said he calls his father working on the game and hoping to test it, and said he was discouraged about his writing at the time, but he had unshakeable faith the game would succeed. The game is called GHQ as in General Headquarters. Kurt designed it in nineteen fifty six and attempted to sell to game companies and didn't work. Game historian Jeff said, I first learned about GHQ in twenty thirteen, and as a Vonnagut fan, was driven to learn more. It took several years working with the family in Indiana Universe, but ultimately we were able to locate his original notes on the game and sample pieces. Bournes and Noble Senior merchandise manager of Toys and Games, Sabrina fel Koon, helped bring the game to life. Sabrina says, when Jeff approached me about the Kurt Vonnegut board game, I knew we had to be part of the story. All right, what's the game, John, That's what we want to know, all right. Apparently it's fast and strategic. Two people play on an eight by eight inch checkerboard. Players can command infantry, armored vehicles, artillery, any powerful airborne regiment, maneuvering to capture the opposing headquarters.

4:32 Recommended for ages fourteen and up. Usually takes about twenty to forty minutes to complete. And wait till they find out about stratigo. Those are good news stories for today. If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it. They might like it too. If you would like the program without commercial interruption. If you're on Apple Podcast, there's a better there, it says uninterrupted listening, Click that and find out some more details. The short version five bucks a month, and then the commercials go away. You get this one and twenty plus others on the network without commercials. One of those ships I host, it's called Daily Comedy news seven days a week, going to talk about guys like John Mulaney and Jim Gaffigan and Seinfeld, you know, stand up comedians. You know what that is. All Right, have an awesome day.