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13 Pieces Of Good News To Remind Us Things Aren't All That Bad

Okay, maybe the world does have some good things happening in it.

13 Pieces Of Good News To Remind Us Things Aren't All That Bad

February 04, 2022

If you've been heavily consuming news media, chances are your mental state isn't the best it could be. We have an antidote, in 13 parts:

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In Canada, doctors can officially prescribe you a one-year National Park pass. That's possible in several Canadian provinces at this point, and it's part of a program that's trying to get patients to spend at least two hours per week in nature. CRACKED.COM — Source

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They've officially returned a California redwood forest to Native tribes. The conservation group Save the Redwoods League bought a 523-acre area of forest, and donated it to Native tribes that got removed from the area centuries ago. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turns out, whales are present in big numbers around the 4 Hawaiian islands. At least, they were during the annual coastal survey of the islands - for example, between 09:00 and 09:15, 278 whale sightings were reported during the day of the survey, the highest number of any period in the day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A new bill in the UK is set to ban so-called virginity repair surgery. The surgery involves using scar tissue to reconstruct the hymen, and some women had been coerced into getting it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Seattle, an 80-unit apartment building for no- to low-income people got built. A local nonprofit built the structure specifically for the Indigenous population, and it's planning to build more in the future. CRACKED.COM — Source

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House Democrats are trying to add the Equal Rights Act to the Constitution. If they pull it off, the ERA will become the 28th amdendment, which will make it impossible to deny constitutional rights on the basis of sex. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Thanks to a US judge, the sale of drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico got blocked. The federal judge argued that the federal government didn't fully consider the impact of the sale on the climate crisis, and blocked it for that reason. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Honduras just got the first female president in its history. Xiomara Castro, who is a democratic socialist, promised to fight corruption and poverty and to introduce more liberal abortion laws, among other things. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dolce & & Gabbana announced that they won't be using animal fur anymore. In fact, they're not using it anymore as of this year, which means they're joining other luxury brands like Armani, Gucci, and Prada, which have also stopped using animal fur. CRACKED.COM — Source

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More than three-quarters of India's adult population is now vaccinated. With the mantra of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Prayas', India has vaccinated 75 per cent of its adult population with both doses of the vaccine, tweeted India's Health Minister. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pope Francis has officially warned parents against condemning gay kids. The Pontiff's exact words, on the subject of kids who might have different sexual orientations, were Never condemn your children. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Holocaust survivor is successfully using TikTok to reach young people. 11:31 ل TikTok Lily Ebert, 98, has more than 1.6 million followers on TikTok, and she uses the platform to talk about how she'd survived the Holocaust. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Thanks to Steve Irwin's family, over 90,000 Australian animals were saved. AL NETR That includes animals who were victims of Australian wildfires - and it's thanks to the fact that they operate Australia Zoo's Wildlife Hospital. CRACKED.COM — Source

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