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Thanks to a camera and brain implant, a woman who was blind can now play a Maggie Simpsons video game. Truly, the future we were promised is here. Here’s the full story, plus 12 others:

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In Bangladesh, three simultaneous religious festivals happened without a hitch. Despite rising tensions, thousands of Muslims, Hinduists, and Buddhists harmoniously celebrated festivals that happened to coincide. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Colombia created a hotline to fight machismo - it's called - the Calm Line. It was introduced to prevent violence by tackling machismo itself, AKA the idea that men always have to be tough and in charge. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sweden has officially announced that it's OK to have royal same-sex marriage. The Swedish government says that any possible marriage of a Swedish prince or princess would be treated equally, same-sex or not. CRACKED.COM — Source

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We've gotten evidence that a revolutionary gene therapy works pretty well. The therapy was developed at UCLA, for kids with a rare immune system condition - and 90% of kids who got it 8-11 years ago are disease-free. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The province of Quebec is banning all fossil fuel extraction going forward. The Quebec Premier announced that his government has decided to definitively renounce the extraction of hydrocarbons on its territory. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The UK has raised the minimum wage, directly affecting about 2 million people. The minimum wage for everyone over 23 is rising by 6.6 percent, bringing the figure to 9.50 (or $13) per hour over twice the UK's current inflation rate. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sea turtles are coming back to Cape Verde in really, really massive numbers. They had only 725 nests on three Cape Verde islands in 2015 and just 6 years later, the total count is at nearly 200,000 nests. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turns out, clean energy has a brighter future than most of us probably realize. Wind and solar energy, electrolyzers, and battery storage, are all seeing rapidly falling costs, and it loos like those costs will keep falling. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A science teacher partly regained her sight thanks to a camera and brain implant. She was blind, but can now see letters and the edges of objects, and even play a Maggie Simpson video game. She's had zero complications in six months. CRACKED.COM — Source

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For the first time ever, we've photographed a very rare gigantic owl in Africa. As Shelley's Eagle Owl has almost never been seen in a century and a half, ecologists called the photo of the animal a sensational discovery. CRACKED.COM — Source

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It looks like humpback whales are coming back to the Salish Sea after a while. 21 humpback whale calves were seen in the Salish Sea, which is huge considering that's a species that was endangered until recently. CRACKED.COM — Source

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We're figuring out that lightning might be pretty important for the atmosphere. Electrical storms create molecules that clean up the atmosphere, it turns out, by breaking down carbon monoxide and methane. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turns out, the most vaccinated place in the United States is ... Puerto Rico. The island has 3.3 million residents, and almost three quarters of those-73.3%- have been totally vaccinated, according to the CDC. CRACKED.COM — Source

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