Aug. 5, 2025

The Secret Message on the Toilet Paper Roll

Show Notes
Transcript

00:52 Pirate Attack and Historical Context
01:33 Coral Spawning Success in the Maldives
02:00 Loose Peacocks in Pennsylvania
02:41 Philadelphia Phillies' New Mascot
03:36 Hidden Message Found During Renovation

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

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good news stories. In seventeen twenty one, with the Ship

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Our Lady of the Cape, a seven hundred ton Portuguese warship,

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was captured by a French pirate while returning to Lisbon.

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An American research team believes they have found the shipwreck.

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In the hold a massive pile of treasure destined for

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the Crown of Portugal. Unfortunately, little of the treasure remains.

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The ship was on its way back from India. The

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cargo held Chinese porcelain, nutmeg, gold coins, silver bars, silks,

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religious figurines, carvings in wood and ivory, and a one

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hundred million dollar fortune in today's money of precious stones.

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Also on board the Archbishop of Goa and two hundred slaves.

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But then the pirate showed up Olivier, the Buzzard Levasseur

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and John Taylor attacked the ship. Levassour was the quintessential pirate.

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We're told he participated in two of the biggest pirate

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raids of all time. He buried a massive treasure, left

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an encrypted message to its location, and was eventually hanged

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at age forty. Because you know he's a pirate. The

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Center for Historic Shipwreck Preservation and that's not easy to say.

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This was take five. This sentence had conducted studies in

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the area for sixteen years. They describe it as a

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place where prize ships were commonly taken to be scuttled

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after being captured. Many other wrecks, all likely from the

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same time period, were found in the area. Let's stay

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at sea. In the Maldives, a coral spawning system is working.

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Ten thousand juvenile corals were grown by local operators. Scientists

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were able to use a single containerized seed unit to

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spawn three million larvae during a single spawning season, which

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they turned into ten thousand juvenile corals. The corals were

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then deployed using seating devices across nine different reefs. Good news,

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we found your peacock. Bad news, we didn't find your

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other peacock. In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the Doylestown Township Police

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say they have found one of the loose peacocks. The

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other loose peacock remains elusive. There's an alert. If you

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have any information on the birds owners, please contact the

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Doylestown Township Police Department directly for assistance. Sampson. Metzker is

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Pocono Wildlife's lead avian specialist. Sampson told WPVII, I'm surprised

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we even got one. To be honest, peacocks are so

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difficult to catch. He explains. Peacocks are fast runners and

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can fly for up to a mile depending on altitude

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and weather conditions. He believes the peacocks were pets that escaped. Hey,

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let's keep it in Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Phillies, you know

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they have the Philly fanatic. While they have a new mascot,

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they didn't get rid of the fanatic. They just added on.

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Tuger is a ten week old puppy. The yellow Labrador's

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name is a not to Phillies legend and myths legend.

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Tug McGraw, who was on the nineteen eighty World Series

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Champion in Philadelphia Phillies in the nineteen seventy three ments,

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you gotta believe. Don't try and steal that from US

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Phillies fans. That's a Mets thing. Tug McGraw is also

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the father of country music star Tim McGraw. Tim McGraw,

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in a press release, said, you gotta believe young Tuger

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is going to be a hero. My father loved the

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Phillies and took immense pride in his service with the

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US Marine Corps. The thought that this little puppy will

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one day contribute to enhancing the quality of life for

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a veteran is truly remarkable. I'm certain my father would

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have fell deeply honored to have Tugger named in his memory.

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This is all part of the Warrior Canine connection. Tugger,

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over the next two years, will be trained as a

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service dog. A couple was renovating their home. They found

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a hidden message written by a little girl. The message

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was written thirty five years ago on an empty toilet

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paper roll. Charlotte found it in the addict of her home.

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The girl wrote it in nineteen eighty nine when moving out.

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Emma was seven and wrote it as a secret message

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for the homes future owners. Emma wrote, I hope you

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enjoy staying here. Lots of love from a friend. My

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name is Emma. My birthday is in February. I was

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born in nineteen eighty two. I'm seven years old nearly eight.

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Charlotte wondered what happened to Emma. She reached out on

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a Facebook community page tracker down She found her within

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the hour. Emma said she doesn't remember writing the note,

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but has fond memories of living there. I don't remember

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doing it and why it shows the toilet roll will

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forever be wondering. It was a lovely place to spend

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those years. I had amazing wallpaper in my room of

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Tom and Jerry. Charlotte says, when they move out, they're

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going to leave the toilet paper tube there for the

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next owners to discover. That's kind of fun. I should

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do something like that. And those are your five good

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news stories, and you have an awesome day.