June 8, 2025

Jet Airbnb, Rubik's Cube Robot, and Cat Quinceañera

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Johnny Mac shares five uplifting news stories. A man converts a 1970s private jet into an Airbnb in Wales. Purdue students create a robot that solves a Rubik's Cube in just 0.103 seconds. Jennifer discovers the only known prototype of the first Chinese typewriter in her basement, which is acquired by Stanford University. A cat named Holly Marie Gonzalez celebrates a quinceañera, helping to raise funds for an animal rescue shelter. Lastly, Oklahoma City police deal with an escaped cow causing a traffic delay on Interstate 40.

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Kalaroga Shark Media Hither Johnny Mack with five good news stories.

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Would you like to sleep over in a jet? A

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man has turned a private jet from the nineteen seventies

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into an AIRB and B. It comes with two bedrooms.

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It can sleep two adults and two children, and has

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a fully functioning kitchen, a bathroom with a shower, and

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an outdoor seating area. Tamer acquired half of the nineteen

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seventies jet in December of twenty twenty three from an

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acquaintance who deals in oddities. The plane was decommissioned in

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the nineteen eighties. You're probably wondering why it's half a plane. Well,

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it was cut in half and had the wings removed

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to make it easier to transport. Ali spent seven months

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and about one hundred and twenty grand turning the jet

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into a rental property in Wells. He says it's awesome

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when people walk in and they say it's much bigger

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than it seems on the outside. It's a unique experience.

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Not many people get to sit in the cockpit of

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a seventies private jet. It'll run you around two hundred

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dollars a night and is said to be a very

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very cool experience, We're told the feedback so far has

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been good. People seem to love it. Some students at

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Purdue University built a robot that can solve a Rubik's

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cube in point one zero three seconds. Wow, yep, one

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hundred and three milliseconds. A human blink takes about two

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hundred to three hundred milliseconds. A human blink it takes

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about two hundred to three hundred milliseconds, So before you

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even realize the robot's moving, we've solved it. This shattered

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the previous record, which was an absurd point three h

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five seconds. Meanwhile, Jennifer is all excited about something she

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found in her basement. It is the only known prototype

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of the first ever Chinese typewriter. They found this thing

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in the basement, posted on Facebook. Is it even worth anything?

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It weighs a ton that got offers from museums and

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schools around the world. One of the commenters on Facebook

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until Jennifer want you check out Professor Thomas Mulaney's book

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The Chinese Typewriter, A History Inside It. A whole chapter

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was dedicated to the typewriter. This type of typewriter is

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usually just called a bright Fast Typewriter because of the

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first two characters. Danford University has acquired the typewriter and

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will pay for its maintenance. Jennifer said, I didn't want

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this unique, one of a kind piece of history to

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disappear again. Happy Birthday to Holly Marie Gonzalez, who celebrated

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her Kinsignia. Holly Merie Gonzalez is a cat. Her human friend,

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Miranda told the Dodo was always a dream of mine

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since she was little. I wanted to celebrate our life

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together and show everyone my love for her. It took

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me months to plan the Kinsinia. I had friends and

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family as patrinos, which are people who donate and help

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with The event was very detail oriented, so what did

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they do. They had a grand entrance for Holly and

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a remote controlled Bentley, a father daughter dance, an elaborate cake,

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and even a full mariachi band. The band said it

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was their first time doing a Kincini for a cat.

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The Kinsinia also served as a fundraiser for the Almost

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Home Cat Haven animal rescue shelter. Dina, who's the managing

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director of the Almost Home Cat Haven, said that the

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online donations from the promotion of the Kinsiniera took the

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rescue operation from the verge of closing to financial stability.

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That's awesome. If you would like this program without commercial

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why were you late for work this time? Huh? Well, sorry, boss.

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I was on the highway and there was an escaped

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cow in the eastbound lanes. The Oklahoma City PD said

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the cow wandered on to Interstate forty near South Pennsylvania

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Avenue just after five in the morning. Luckily, the cow

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was not struck by any vehicles, but did cause backups

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while police worked to get the cow. The cow was

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eventually wrangled onto the shoulder of the highway and loaded

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onto a trailer. At the time of this recording, the

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orgins of the cow are unknown. It's a mystery cow.

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And those are your five good news stories for today.

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Have an awesome day.