April 26, 2025

Titanic Relic Discovered (The Lost Episodes)

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac shares a collection of heartwarming and fascinating news stories. From a synchronized marriage proposal inspired by a Modest Mouse concert to the auctioning of ancient pine saplings in Sydney's Botanic Gardens, there's plenty of good news to enjoy. Additionally, listeners will hear about a bronze statue of the Greek goddess Diana found at the Titanic wreck site, a scientific analysis of Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night,’ and a London rescue shelter's efforts to find homes for older and less photogenic dogs through a special photo shoot.

00:28 A Double Proposal Surprise
01:22 Ancient Pine Trees Auctioned in Sydney
02:38 Titanic Relic Discovered
03:18 Van Gogh's Starry Night and Turbulence
04:02 Rescue Shelter's Dog Photo Shoot

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

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Good News Stories the lost editions. Just to catch you up.

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I found a file. The file is called Good News

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twenty four and I realized I had a bunch of

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episodes I never recorded last year for various reasons. So

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on Saturdays, I've been doing the lost episodes. Let me

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tell you about some stuff from a few months ago.

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A couple were surprised when they both got down on

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their knees to propose marriage at the same time. Yeah,

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Rachel and Rashad were proposing. They were at a concert.

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You see, they had shared their first kiss at a

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Modest Mouse concert back in twenty twenty one, so back

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in June. These are the last episodes. After all, they

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went down to see Modest Mouse again. Rachel had a

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ring tucked in her pocket. Rashad had the same plan.

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Both had confided in Rachel's sixteen year old daughter, Jasmine

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that they were going to propose. Jasmine had to play

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tom So Rachel drops to one knee first. Rareshad starts

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laughing and he does the same thing. Jasmine, knowing what

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was about to go down, captured it all on camera.

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Rachel said, I wanted to get down on one knee

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to make him feel like a prince, just like he

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makes me feel like a princess. We were so shocked

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at what happened that neither of us thought to actually

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say yes, Kaisha curious what song they picked? Dashboard down

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in Sydney the Botanic Gardens, which are beautiful. I have

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been there, really great. They were auctioning off six saplings

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to spread enthusiasm, interest and genetics around Australia. This a

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special species of pine tree found in the mountains near

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Sydney that have survived since the time of the dinosaurs.

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There are ninety or so original trees surviving in the wild.

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They're located in an area so secretive that even scientists

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aren't allowed to know where they are. Unauthorized entry into

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the secret tree site is punishable by up to two

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years in prison and a fine of three hundred and

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thirty thousand Australian dollars. According to the Australian Biodiversity Conservation Act,

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ignorance of the law is no excuse. The Aussie Is

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are worried about invasive species, which could wipe out the

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population in a matter of weeks. So any visitors to

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the secret location must be thoroughly sanitized and their activities

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carefully controlled. It's the Willemi pine. The species evolved ninety

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one million years ago. They thought it was extinct, but

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ninety ninety four scientists found the ninety specimens in the

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secret location. Anyway, they gave out some saplings hoping to

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spread the pine throughout Australia, so we have some diversity

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of location there. An expedition found a two foot tall

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bronze statue of the Greek goddess Diana. It at once

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adorned the fireplace on the Titanic. Georgia Company RMS Titanic

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conducts expeditions to document, monitor and recover the relics of

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the Titanic. They recently did an unmanned expedition to the site.

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They're half buried in the mud. They found Goddess Diana

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without a sup of green to be seen on her

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flowing ground. James Pinka is a researcher at the company.

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He told NPR it's truly a needle in a haystack,

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that it's two and a half miles underwater and pitch

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black darkness, and we found her with just hours remaining

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in the expedition. There were a lot of tears in

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the room for a lot of us, even the people

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who have been there before. Scientists tell us van goes

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painting Starry Night's scientifically accurate. Doctor Hwang Young Jang says

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the scale of the paint strokes played a crucial role.

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With a high resolution digital picture, we were able to

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measure precisely the typical size of the brushstrokes and compare

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these to the scales expected from the turbulence theories. To

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reveal hidden turbulence, The research team used brushstrokes in the

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painting like leaves swirling in a funnel of wind, to

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examine the shape, energy, and scaling of atmospheric characteristics of

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the otherwise invisible atmosphere. Doctor Hwang says it reveals a

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deep and intuitive understanding of natural phenomena. Van Goes's precise

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representation of turbulence might be from studying the movement of

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clouds and the atmosphere, or an innate sense have had

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to capture the dynamism of the sky. A nice job

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by a rescue shelter in London. All Dogs Matter did

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a photoshoot for some older, bigger and less photogenic dogs.

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The focus was also paired on pairs of dogs that

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needs to be adopted together Bobby and Brandy, twelve and

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fourteen years old, a bonded pair of Yorkshire Terriers, were

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looking for a home. Seventy one percent of people in

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a poll admitted seeing a cute dog's image on Instagram

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or TikTok and prompt them to go check out rescue sites.

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The glamour shots were captured on cameras provided by Wex

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Photo Video, which has partnered with the shelter to give

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these dogs another shot at showcasing their personalities. The marketing director,

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Paul says, every dog deserves their moment in the spotlight,

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regardless of age or appearance. Much like a dating profile.

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Pictures tell a thousand words. If these wonderful photos help

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even one pop find a home, considered a job well done.

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My current dogs are shelter dogs. Johnny Max had a

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dog every day of his life since nineteen eighty one.

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All shelter dogs, and I love them all. You have

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an awesome day.