In music news: A study found making your kids take piano lessons could keep their minds sharper in old age. Actually, any kind of music lessons help……………………… The odds of this are nuts: Two kids got adopted separately by the same family in Staten Island two decades ago . . . and just found out…… read more »
An 84-year-old woman in Colorado named Kim Knor has set a goal to go skydiving 1,000 times before she dies. She’s already done about 600 jumps. Her first was in 1959 when she was 20 years old. Then she took a 37-year break before taking it back up. She just did three more jumps the…… read more »
A baby giraffe with no spots was just born at a zoo in Tennessee, and could be the only spotless giraffe in the world. She’s solid brown without the yellow patches other giraffes have. (Here’s a photo.) Experts say it’s a good thing she’s in captivity. Their spots act as camouflage, so she’d have a…… read more »
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter recently saved someone in Upstate New York after they fell off a boat in Lake Erie. The helicopter is normally stationed in Detroit. It just happened to be in the area while heading back from an air show………….. Someone in England asked their neighbors if they’d “take their trash out”…… read more »
Here’s the video for the new Guns N’ Roses tune, “Perhaps”. New Dio box sets are coming on September 22. ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons is being honored by BMI with the 2023 Troubador Award. “Carlos: The Santana Journey Global Premiere” is happening September 23, 24, and 27, plus a general release of the documentary begins…… read more »
Two pen pals who’d been writing to each other for almost 70 years finally got to meet up in person. They’re both 80. Carol Krause lives in South Carolina, and Patsy Gregory lives in northern England. They’ve been sending each other letters and birthday cards since they were 12 years old………….. A 51-year-old guy in…… read more »
We might be getting new organs from farm animals soon. Doctors in New York transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney into a patient who’s brain-dead and donated his body for research. Now it’s still functioning over a month later. Experts say it could be a major breakthrough for organ donation……. In other animal news: a team…… read more »
Hawaii eats more SPAM than any other state. So their parent company, Hormel Foods, is doing their part to help wildfire victims in Maui. They work with a charity called Convoy of Hope and volunteers are there handing out supplies now…………………. A group of lifeguards in Flagler Beach, Florida used their rescue buoys to form…… read more »
A woman named Bailey Recktenwald got her master’s in public administration from Clemson on Friday. And her dad was there for the graduation, but not to watch. He also got his master’s in public administration. They graduated together and both had 4.0 GPAs……………. It’s never too late to be an innovator. A study found people…… read more »
A guy in England bought a classic car from 1933, and got obsessed with the history of it. So he planned a road trip and drove to visit all of its previous owners. One guy said it was his first car after getting his license in 1968. His mom is 97 now and also got…… read more »