Jan. 26, 2025

Lego Shark finally found after years

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In this episode, Johnny Mac shares five uplifting news stories: Treasure hunters have recovered a rare Lego shark lost at sea in 1997; 18-year-old Gukesh Dharmaraju becomes the youngest chess champion in history; new data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveals Ceres may be producing its own organic compounds, making it a potential site for future space exploration; Philadelphia celebrates Rocky Fest with a lookalike contest; and Colorado police help remove a car stuck on a ski slope after a GPS mishap. Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed! You also get 20+ other shows on the network ad-free!

00:11 The Lego Shark Discovery
01:07 Youngest Chess Champion in History
01:22 Organic Compounds on Ceres
02:12 Rocky Fest in Philadelphia
02:50 Car Stuck on Ski Slope

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Kalaroga Shark Media. Hey, there are Shining Mack with five

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good news stories. Good news we found the Lego shark. Yeah,

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there were some treasure hunters. They were trying to remove

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millions of Lego pieces that fell into the ocean back

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in nineteen ninety seven. They have found hundreds of pieces,

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including the first reported discovery of a sunken Lego shark.

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It's the Lego Loss of Sea project, dedicated to finding

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the pieces loss in the water. When a wave swept

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sixty two shipping containers oft an express cargo ship off

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England back on February thirteenth, nineteen ninety seven, one of

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the containers had four million, seven hundred and fifty six

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nine and forty Lego pieces. Richard is a fisherman and

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he found the Lego shark on one of his nets,

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about twenty miles south of Penzance. He told the BBC,

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I could tell straight away what it was because I

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had Lego sharks on the Pirate ship set when I

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was little. It'spriceless, it's treasure. The shark was one of

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fifty one eight hundred sharks lost on the shipment, but

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this is the first one that's been recovered. We are

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tild the shark sinc. Which is why none have been found.

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Congratulations to eighteen year old gukeche Dumbaraju, the youngest chess

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champion in history. Kesh won the title in fifty eight

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moves with a final score of seven and a half

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to six and a half per the International Chess Federation. Meanwhile,

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out in space, scientists now think a dwarf planet Series

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may be producing its own organic compounds. Back in twenty seventeen,

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NASA's Dawn spacecraft sent back data suggesting that Series contain

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deposits of organic compounds. At first, they thought they were

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deposited by a commat or something else passing by, but

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now data suggests that the deposits are likely to have

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originated within the planet itself, making it a candidate to

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host evidence of life, perhaps possibly maybe. Luis Risos is

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a researcher who told Scentech Daily Series will play a

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key role in future space exploration. Its water, present as

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ice and possibly liquid beneath the surface makes an intriguing

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location for resource exploration in the context of space colonization

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could serve as a stopover a resource base for future

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missions to Mars or Beyond series is the second wettest

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planetary object in the Inner Solar System, behind only Earth.

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Down at Philadelphia, though I stayed down in because I'm

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up in New Jersey. Down in Philadelphia, they hosted Rocky Fest.

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The event was held at the University of Pennsylvania's nineteen

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twenty three ice Rink in an attempt to echo Rocky

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and Adrian's first date in the nineteen seventy six film Rocky.

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The prize if you won the Rocky and Adrian and

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lookalike contest was dinner at South Philadelphia's iconic Victor Cafe.

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At the Victor Cafe, servers also sing opera, and the

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winners got a two hundred and fifty dollars a gift

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certificate for a Rocky themed gift shop. Congratulations to Jason

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and rock Sand they took first place. Jason said, I

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want to do something because we're the biggest Rocky fans

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I think ever. I mean, just look at us. And

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in Colorado, police have responded to a ski resort with

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a request to remove a hazard from the slopes. There

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was a car. Deputies found a note stuck to the

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car's window explaining the driver took a wrong turn while

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following his GPS and ended up stuck on the slope.

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A tow truck was able to remove the car from

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the slope and the vehicle was returned to its owner.

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That is good news for everybody. Those are your five

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good news stories for today. If you enjoy the program,

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They might like it too. And if you'd like this

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