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13 Overlooked Pieces Of Good News To Cheer Us Up

By:: Andrea Meno

November 13, 2021

13 Overlooked Pieces Of Good News To Cheer Us Up

Somehow, ancient artifacts from South America ended up in a German flea market … and are now making their way back home. Here’s the full story, plus 12 others:

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Spain is banning unhealthy food and drink ads aimed at kids and adolescents. | SEE I سر OEC Ads for those products will be banned on kids' TV, and any ads for them aimed at kids under 16 will be banned outright both online and in print. CRACKED.COM — Source

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India is promising to produce more than 5 billion COVID vaccine doses. That's according to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who claimed that all those doses can be available by the end of next year. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ithaca, NY, has announced that it's starting to decarbonize every last building. INS That's part of an to make the city 100% carbon-free - its buildings are 40% of its carbon footprint, so the city wants to decarbonize them all. CRACKED.COM — Source

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We might soon be able to cure people who are currently living with HIV. Trials are starting on a possible functional cure (meaning tiny particles of HIV could remain, but wouldn't cause a positive test result). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Brown University recently awarded a PhD in physics to an 89-year-old. After a career in medicine, Manfred Steiner started taking courses in physics to fulfill a childhood dream, and he eventually made it to a PhD. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rollins College has put up a statue to Fred Rogers, who was their alum. The sculpture shows Mr. Rogers holding his Daniel Tiger puppet while surrounded by children and other characters from the show. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Germany is returning ancient indigenous artifacts to Guatemala and Mexico. The artifacts, which are all over 1,000 years old, were apparently bought at a flea market by a guy who then turned them over to the authorities. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Philadelphia, cops won't be able to stop drivers for minor traffic violations. Central Photo In a first for any major US city, drivers will get warnings or citations by mail for those violations, but they won't get pulled over for them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Somehow, it turns out that California condors can give birth without sex. Virgin births aren't just amazing in their own right, they're very helpful since these condors are critically endangered and down to about 500 birds. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Indigenous peoples and local communities will get $1.7 billion in funding. That'll be given out by the British, American, German, Norwegian, and Dutch governments, to help protect lands and forests. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Solar photovoltaic generating capacity is growing at an incredible rate. Between 2016 and 2018 alone, it grew by 81% throughout the entire world - in other words, it almost doubled in just two short years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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An extremely rare bird was spotted in Maui, and it's giving researchers hope. The critically endangered kiwikiu bird is down to about 150 individuals, and one individual thought dead was found alive after almost two years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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It turns out that the HPV vaccine is an incredible weapon against cancer. It can apparently cut cervical cancer rates by about 90% (which is because, as it turns out, viruses cause almost all cervical cancers). CRACKED.COM — Source

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