April 19, 2026

Pig has one million instagram followers

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Guinness World Records recognizes Merlin the pig for the most Instagram followers (1.1 million), with videos showing him using more than 30 house buttons to communicate needs. A 41-year-old man named Chris survives a sudden cardiac arrest during a gym class thanks to fast CPR and defibrillator shocks administered by his trainer Robin and paramedics before he was airlifted. Rocker Suzi Quatro, now 75, celebrates passing her driving test after realizing she’d been driving in the UK without the proper license since moving there in 1971. Near Winchester, Virginia, a truck hauling 110 cows overturns, scattering cattle and shutting roads for seven hours as officials recover 70 and warn drivers. Finally, 62-year-old retired teacher Andy plans to sell his second home to fund attending his 10th World Cup to support England.

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Caalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. It looks like Guinness World Records are back.

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You know. I had a run where there was one

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in like every show, and then we didn't have any

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for a while. But they are back, but at least

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they're different. Congratulations to a Pig. A pig has said

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the record for most followers on Instagram by a pig

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one point one million. Congratulations to Merlin the Pig. Mina

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had adopted Merlin the Pig back in March of twenty

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twenty two and started training him when he was just

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three months old. Videos on Merlin the Pig's Instagram page

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show him using buttons placed around the house to play

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voice recordings that specify his current needs and desires. Now,

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at four years old, Merlin the Pig has over thirty

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buttons in the house that he uses regularly, sparking conversation

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online about just how smart he is, says Guinness. A

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forty one year old man suffered a cardiac arresting a

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gym workout. He says he he's lucky and blessed to

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be alive after the quick actions of his trainer and

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fellow gym members saved his life. Chris was about forty

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five minutes into an hour long class at the gym.

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He had no real warning signs. He just wasn't feeling

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one hundred percent slightly breathless earlier in the morning. Robin

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recognized what was happening and acted fast, starting CPR and

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directing others to call EMS and get a defibillarator. Robin

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said he knew he had to act as soon as

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we could, as fast as we could, after seeing Chris

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go suddenly down with no initial indications that was going

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to happen. Chris got five shocks from the defibrillarator, one

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from Robin, four from paramedics, and underwent CPR for about

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thirty minutes before being airlifted. Chris said, I wouldn't be

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here today if I wasn't in that gym class. I'm

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just super grateful that I was there and the guys

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knew what they were doing. Congratulations to rocker Susie Quatro.

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If you're of a certain age and you watched Happy Days,

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remember leather tuxedo. That's Susie. Susie is seventy five now

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and has passed her driving test. She celebrated with champagne

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and frozen pizza. Now it turns out she had a

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US license and never realized she was supposed to get

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a UK license and had been driving illeally for some time.

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She moved to the UK in nineteen seventy one. Susie

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Quatro called The Daily Mirror herself and said, I passed.

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I'm so pleased. It's such a relief, honest and goodness,

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it's a joke. I'm seventy five. I've been driving since

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i was sixteen, She said. I told my instructor I'm

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going to have a glassow champagne, and he said, well,

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you won't drive after that, will you? She said, I

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will not be on the lookout for cows if you're

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near Winchester, Virginia. A livestock haller was moving one hundred

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and ten cows when he overturned his vehicle near Route

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thirty seven and Tasker Road. The cows scattered Following the crash.

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Animal control worked to recover the cattle. The road was

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shut down for seven hours. Some of the cows headed

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towards I eighty one, and some others into the woods.

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They got seventy of the cows back but the police

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warn loose cattle may be crossing roadways and boy, some

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people are really into World Cup soccer. Andy is a

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sixty two year old retired teacher. He's ready to sell

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his second home, at least it's not his primary home,

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so he can afford to see the soccer tournament in

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the US, Mexico and Canada. It will be his tenth

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World Cup supporting England, nine for the men plus one

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for the women. He lives in Thailand. He's been renting

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out the house in northern England that he hopes to

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sell for about four hundred and sixty five thousand US dollars.

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He tells The Mirror it's going on the market because

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I'm selling it to go to the World Cup. We've

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had a second home for twenty seven years, so it

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felt like the right time to cash in. I definitely

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want to see the whole tournament. I'm going to the

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US on June third. I'll be there for seven weeks,

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so it'll cost quite a lot of money. His plan

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is to be in Dallas for England's first game against

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Croatia June seventeenth. And those are your five good news

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stories for today. I have a great day,