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Meet the World’s Oldest Surfer: 89-Year-Old Seiichi Sano From Japan

Surf’s up for Seiichi Sano! At 88 years and 288 days old, Sano, who lives in Japan, set a Guinness World Record for the oldest person to catch a wave.  “Holding the Guinness World Records certificate, I feel for the first time I have been acknowledged for something,” Sano told Guinness World Records in March […]

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 At an Annual “Bill Lunch” in a 55-Plus Community, All the Name Tags Bear the Same Moniker

In most cases, people wear name tags so they know what to call each other in group settings. But at one annual gathering in Denver, North Carolina, they’re just for laughs. That’s because the same moniker is written on each attendee’s tag: “Bill.”   It all started after William “Bill” Gibb retired in 2018, when he

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Who Was Lady Emma Tankerville? Meet the 18th Century Botanist Who Didn’t “Get the Credit She Deserved”

Like many good stories, this one started with curiosity and a pile of boxes.  In 2019, June Watson, a Ph.D. student in her seventies at Northumbria University, was researching her family history for a book she was writing. She found herself digging through crates of watercolors from 18th century aristocrat and nature enthusiast Lady Emma

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So Bad They’re Good: Embarrassing “Dad Jokes” May Help Children’s Development, Study Says

We’ve likely all heard a “dad joke” or two, or perhaps a thousand. They’re generally endearing, albeit corny, jokes that involve puns, obvious one-liners, and so-bad-they’re-good punchlines. They make us chuckle, roll our eyes, or lovingly groan — and new research reveals that they might also be doing some surprisingly serious good: helping children develop

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See How This Company Is Recycling Used Chopsticks Into Gorgeous New Home Goods

Many people have a stack of one-use chopsticks piling up in their cutlery drawer from takeout orders of yore, but what if that stack could be transformed into something not only new, but also beautiful? Felix Böck, CEO and founder of ChopValue, says his desire to find a solution to the staggering problem of urban

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Meet Simon Beck: The Cartographer Who Creates Stunning Geometric Snow Art

Fly above the white peaks of one sprawling French ski resort during winter, and you may catch a glimpse of Simon Beck’s mystical alpine masterpieces: enormous geometric patterns the English artist creates in the snow using a compass and his snowshoes.  When he’s not traveling the world to stamp out his complex designs — he’s done

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13 Facts About the Titanic: The Passengers, Ship, and Sunken Stories

In the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, a ship touted as “unsinkable” sank in the Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg on a journey from Southampton, England, to New York. It is believed that more than 1,500 people tragically died, including children, couples, crew members, and families who were journeying to make a

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Got a Green Thumb? Try These 16 Must-Have Gardening Products

Recommendations are independently selected by our team but may result in a commission to Nice News which helps keep our content free. There’s something special about cultivating a garden: A certain kind of quiet pride comes with planting seeds in soil, nurturing them as they take root and grow, and then admiring the fruits of

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A 17-Year-Old Scientist Creates Award-Winning Tool for Detecting Kawasaki Disease in Young Kids After Her Sister’s Misdiagnosis

Ellen Xu, a 17-year-old from San Diego, created an award-winning algorithm that uses smartphone photographs to help diagnose Kawasaki disease — a leading cause of acquired heart disease in the U.S. that primarily affects children younger than age 5.  It’s a disease that’s personal to Xu; her younger sister, Kate, was diagnosed with Kawasaki when

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This World-Famous Bonsai Tree Is Almost 400 Years Old and Survived Hiroshima

Under the right conditions, bonsai trees can live for over 100 years, some even reaching 1,000. One in particular — among the oldest — is nearly 400 years old and has endured a nuclear explosion. On August 6, 1945, bonsai master Masaru Yamaki was at home when a U.S. B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped

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