The World's Largest Pizza Party

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hello there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Two of the world's most endangered parrots have been put together as part of a breeding program to help save the species from extinction. They are red fronted macaws and they've arrived at the twy Cross Zoo in Lester, England. Scientists are hoping the parrots will fall in love and breed. There are a fewer than three hundred remaining in the wild. Assistant bird curator Reese McKee great name. All these scientists have great names in these stories. Reese said, it's always an exciting day when a new animal arrives at the zoo, but being reunited was a special moment. You see, fifteen years ago one of the parrots had been hatched at the zoo, So now to give him a home here at the zoo where he'll continue the conservation journey and hopefully breed more of this rare species, it's very momentous for me. Michael Bloomberg's Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a one billion dollar gift to make medical school free at Johns Hopkins University for most students WOW, beginning this fall. Johns Hopkins will offer free tuition for medical students coming from families earning less than three hundred thousand dollars a year, which represents about ninety five percent of all Americans. Johns Hopkins will also cover living expenses and fees for students from families who earn less than one seventy five K a year. Bloomberg says, as the US struggles to recover from a disturbing decline in life expectancy, our country faces a serious shortage of doctors, nurses, and public health professionals, and yet at the high cost of

1:33 medical nursing and graduate school, two often borrow students from enrolling. By reducing the financial barriers to these essential fields, we can free more students to pursue careers they're passionate about. That's awesome. Some archaeologists have found a marble statue of the Greek god Hermes. They found it in a sewer. Some Bulgarian archaeologists were doing some routine excavations. They found a pristine marble statue of the messenger god Hermes, perhaps buried detect it from some over zealous Christianized Romans. The Hermi statue was found in the sewers of a lesser known ancient site near the border with Greece. The director of the excavation said, we found it by accident. It was amazing, a whole statue appeared in front of us.

2:14 The theory is that when the Romans came, they were already a Christian nation and any images of the pagan gods would be seized, so perhaps they hid the statue in the sewer to protect it. Well, it worked. We found it. If you're in Las Vegas and you're wondering why the umpires are wearing gold instead of their usual blue or black, it's because they are members of the umps Strikeout Cancer Foundation. They're raising money and bringing awareness to their cause. Umpires Bob and Jeff started the organization in twenty eleven when one of their fellow umpires was diagnosed with colon cancer. Bob says, Dave was diagnosed with terminal cancer and couldn't work. We decided to do a fundraiser support his family. The fundraiser was successful, and we wondered how many Daves could use our assistance. Bob says it's important for the public to see that umpires and officials are human too, which parents can sometimes forget in the heat of a competitive game. Oh, I've seen that happen many times. The Empire says, we're not invincible. We go through the same things you do. It's important that we break down the barriers between parents and officials. All right, John, do you have a world record for us on this episode?

3:17 Of course I do. It seems to be the summer of world records and Princess Cruises coordinated its fleet of love boats to break the Guinness World Record for largest pizza party at multiple venues. Who knew that was a record? Day teams up with chef Tony to provide pizzas across the Prince's fleet. Cath that Stubing would be proud of this. For the record attempt, on Friday, Guinness confirmed that more than sixty thousand slices Quick math how many pies is that were served across the cruise line, successfully setting the record for the world's largest pizza party at multiple venues. The record attempt required sixty five hundred and twelve pounds of dough, thirty four hundred plus pounds of flour, thirteen hundred plus pounds of pepperoni. Did you have to have pepper Ronnie, why is PEPPERI we can't have plain pizza to break this record? Interesting? And twenty three hundred plus pounds of cheese, oh yeah. And of course there's a marketing aspect to this. The Princess Cruises will now have some new brands of pizza that they're marketing and that's why they did this. And those are your five good news stories for today. And now I Mungery, you have a great day.