Take A Cold Shower

0:03 Caloroga Shark Media. Hey, I'm Johnny Mack with five new stories. Good news. I can tell you how to lose up to three hundred and fifty calories. You don't have to do much. All you have to do is stand there. But you're not gonna do it all right? How does this work, Johnny Mack? You take a fifteen minute cold shower. Scienceists, this is what they do. Have noticed that cold water activates brown adipose tissue known as bat or bat, which can notably increase energy consumption. Research has shown that mild cold exposure at sixty six degrees can increase caloric expenditure daily by around one hundred to two hundred calories. Taking a chili shower can cause a temporary rise at metabolic rate by as much as fifteen percent. A fifteen percent increment could increase calorie burned to approximately one point one five to one point seventy two five calories per minute during the exposure. Or you know, skip the tic tac. Nice job by Charlotte. She was volunteering at a thrift shop in London. She noticed many of the boxes dropped off by people were piled high with stuffed animals, but a lot of the stuffed animals were thrown away, she said. As somebody with an affinity to stuffed animals, I knew they had sentimental and emotional value, and I hated to see them thrown away.

1:21 I was sad to learn most of them ended up at the landfill. She created Loved Before, a company she describes as a soft toy adoption agency. It cleans up donated plushies and resells them online for an average of ten to fifteen dollars plus shipping. In the past five years, she's collected more than sixty thousand animals that she's cleaned up and sent to new homes. That's awesome. She has donated fifty percent of her profits to charity. She says, it doesn't matter if toys are old or battered or worn, We'll find them homes. Sergey said, My family and I were moving, and as I was sorting through my bedroom, I realized how many soft toys I had. I didn't donate them because I didn't love them anymore. It was because I loved them very much and wanted them to go on adventures with new friends. They deserve better than staying in boxes for decades. Charlotte says, before the animals are posted, they go through a high temperature steam cleaning summer, photographed wearing eye patches and talohead wraps to show that they've been to a spa.

2:12 If they need it, some of them will get extra grooming, stuffing and repairs. They work on fifty two one hundred every day. Each one takes between one and five hours to refurbish. She says, they just need a little love so they can be cherished by another child. I'd love this story so much. A mystery ship that vanished with thirty two Creup members has been found after one hundred and twenty years. The SS Nemesis That's a Great Name was transporting cold to Melbourne in July of nineteen oh four. It got caught in a powerful storm off New South Wales and disappeared without a trace, along with its thirty two crew members. Recently, Subse Professional Marine Services, which is a remote sensing company searching the ocean floor, accidentally stumbled across the Nemesis. It was found completely untouched. Good news if you're an orange bellied parent. In twenty sixteen and only three wild female orange billied parrots returned to the breeding ground in Tasmania after migrating to Australia. This year, eighty parrots have returned, the most in fifteen years. The bird had been almost declared functionally extinct. Conservationists continue to work on improving juvenile mortality rates. Wallet Hub has a new report, It's the Happiest Cities in America. They compared one hundred and eighty of the largest US cities and rated them on three dimensions one emotional and physical well being, two income and enjoyment, three community and environment.

3:32 The top twenty best cities in America are twenty Bismarck, North Dakota nineteen, Lincoln, Nebraska, Seattle, Washington, Portland, Maine, Fargo, North Dakota, San Diego at fifteen, Gordon Crew of California at fourteen, Minneapolis, Haunting in Beach, Sioux Falls, Your top ten, Scottsdale, Arizona, Columbia, Maryland, Pearl City, Hawaii, San Francisco, Honolulu, Irvine, California, Madison, Wisconsin, San Jose, The Overland Park, Kansas, and the best city in America for happiness Fremont, California. And those Your five good news stories for today. If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it. They may like it too, or share it on social media. That helps grow the show. Much appreciated. You have an awesome day.