The Christmas Gift lost in the wall for 48 years

0:03 Caloroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Now this time of year, you might be like, you know, I thought so and so would get me a Christmas gift, and they did. In your feel a little sad well, Christmas came forty eight years late for an Illinois man who was doing some renovations at his childhood home and he found a present that had fallen behind a wall. Back in nineteen seventy eight, Tim was renovating in the bathroom at his parents' house when he found something inside the wall. He told people, we took out a medicine cabinet before we dry wall, and I thought I'm better just looking there to make sure nothing's back there, And then there it was. It was a Christmas gift that was for Tim back in nineteen seventy eight. He said his parents used to hide gifts in the homes attic and that one must have fallen into a cross s base. What was it? A set of now vintage matchbox toy airplanes. His mom didn't recall even buying them. Tim said, so, I have one sister, and my mom has always been very picky about getting the exact same amount of gifts. So we've been joking that I've been screwed out of one of my presents for forty six years. You know here in twenty twenty four Turn twenty twenty five vintage matchbox Toay Airplanes is a pretty cool gift. I used to and still love video games as a gift. And that's a segue because the next time somebody suggests that playing video games is bad for you, you show them this study. Researchers from the Imperial College London and the University of Graz in Austria surveyed more than six hundred postgraduate students about playing open world video games. What did the scientists find out? Games like Zelda and even Red Dead Redemption can significantly enhance

1:35 cognitive escapism, They promote relaxation and improve overall mental well being, The Journal of Medical Internet Research tells us open world refers to games that provide a large, freely explorable environment where players can move and interact with the with the game world with minimal restrictions. They offer large detailed worlds to explore. Specifically, the games may feature an expansive world filled with diverse landscapes, towns, and hidden secrets. On the scientist. With rising rates of stress, anxiety, and sadness among young people today, these games could end up playing a key role in reducing stress and enhancing mental health. Next story is wild seven year old boy survived a week lost in the savannah of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management authority they go by zim Parks received notice of a missing boy on December twenty. Zim Park says that fellow villagers, police officers and park rangers organized a search party, but they were hindered by heavy rains. On December thirtieth, human footprints were found that eventually led rescuers to the boy in the early morning hours the next day. Zim Park says it's estimated the boy walk through the harsh terrain of the lion infested a national park for thirty miles from his village to the point where he was found.

2:42 During the period, he survived on wild fruits and would dig a small hole in the dry river bank to access underground water to drink. Good news. If you're thrown out your Christmas tree and you don't know what to do with it, donated Christmas trees can enrich the habitats of zoo animals. A zoo in England is asking residents to donate their used to Christs trees. Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Bristol say they've diverted fifteen thousand Christmas trees from contributing to landfill waste. The zoo's curator, Chris says the trees make a real difference in the animals lives. Some, like an elephants, like to eat them. Others like bears and rhinos, like to forage in between them. Other animals just like to rub up against the trees and enjoy the pine scent. Chris says, for the elephants, their habitat is full of sand, which means we could bury the trees and stand them up to make a whole forest for them to come explore. They'll lead them a bit, they'll throw them around, they'll explore for the food we put in. As for the bears, they like to pile the trees up in a big mass. They compared it to how a dog treats a pile of leaves. All right, Johnny Mack, you probably have a Guinness World Record for us.

3:42 I sure do. In India based Martial Arts Collective have a set of record. The Burgh Calls, a martial arts group took on the title for most coconuts smashed around a person blindfolded in one minute. They did this on an Italian TV series which I'll pronounce as Low Show Day Red, which I'll translate for you in case you couldn't figure it out. It's the record show. I think it's on in Milan. The blindfolded martial artist managed to smash sixty nine coconuts in one minute without injuring his teammate. That beat the previous record, which was fifty. They also recently set a cucumber record, not the one from the other day with the cards. This is a different one. This one was most slices of a cucumber with a chainsaw.

4:24 But wait, there's more. The cucumber is in a person's mouth and the person with the chainsaw is blindfolded. No, thank you, jeez. Those are your five good news stories for today. If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it. They might like it too. If you'd like the program without commercial interruption, this is link of the show notes, so that explain how that works. You have a great day.