Hormonal Hawk Attacks Bald Men

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five per new stories. I've really been enjoying those stories the last few weeks. They've just been different and quirky. Watch out if you're bald. There's a hormonal hawk attacking bald men. Apparently the hawk has been engaging in a week's long reign of terror. The hawk is named Jesse. Jesse. The hawk drew blood from fifty or so victims in the UK after escaping captivity. Falcon Or Allen told the BBC it's because of hormones. You see, if he wanted to grab anybody, he would grab them. But all this dive bombing. I think it's hormonal courtship because it only started happening in the last couple of weeks breeding season. Well, good news. Steve captured the hawk by throwing a cage over it when he spotted in his garden. I need more details there, so like, do you just have like an extra cage and you see a hawk in the garden You're like, I'm gonna sneak up on the hawk and throw a cage over it. How does that work? Anyway?

1:07 Steve is now a local hero. Jim who had been attacked by the hawk on his way to the store, said he was delighted to learn of the hawks capture. He was relieved he no longer had to drive to the shop, but he was trying to be cautious, saying, I didn't want to be beaten by a bird. Good news. Growing and sharing seeds can boost your mental health. During fifteen years of working on community food projects, Catherine noticed something other than the biodiversity benefits of saving and sharing seeds. There seemed to be a positive impact on the growers themselves. She tested her hypothesis. Larissa took part in the studies. She grew yard long beans. She said, I would watch it grow like it was my own baby. I always came out of the polytunnels happy. Author Kathy Slack said sowing a seed is an active hope. Not to be overly dramatic about it, but when you're wondering whether it's worth even bothering to stick around anymore, planning a seed was like a prompt to your future self. Scientists have figured out a road surface material that repairs itself take that potholes. The asphalt contains plant based spores that are packed with recycled oils. When the road is compressed, the oil seep out, softening the surface to seal fractures. That's pretty cool. Different scientists have unveiled the first fully biodegradable battery.

2:23 Unlike traditional lithium ion batteries that rely on rare earth materials and toxic chemicals, this new biodegradable battery is made from natural materials such as cellulose salt and carbon based electrodes. The battery can be buried in soil after use and will decompose within a few weeks, leaving no trees behind. That's pretty cool. Now, you might not like your battery life these batteries as cool as this tech is. The batteries last twenty four to forty eight hours of operation for low power devices. But I guess if they were cheap enough, we could buy one and use one every day. I don't know if you would like this program without commercial interruption or without those pesky feed drops. You know that you may also like that are driving some people not that I get it. So here's what you can do.

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4:02 The rule is called threefold repetition, meaning all the pieces on the board are in the exact same position three times and that is a draw. Carlson said, overall, the world played very, very sound chess from the start. Maybe not the most enterprising options, but kind of keeping more in vain with normal chess, which isn't always the best strategy, but it worked out well this time. This was a freestyle match. In a freestyle match, bishops, Knights, Rooks, Queen, and King are randomly placed around the board at the start, while the pawns are in their usual spots. Freestyle chess is popular because it allows players to be more creative and avoid memorization. I didn't know that was the thing. That's kind of cool now. Last year, Indian Grandmaster vis Wanathon Anon won his Versus the World match. He took on seventy thousand players. And those are five good news stories for today. Have an awesome day.