January 10, 2024

Burger King Employee Who Didn’t Miss Work for 27 Years Buys First Home With Crowdfunding Donations

Working at the same company for nearly 30 years is an amazing feat, but never missing a single day of work throughout that period is almost hard to believe. However, that's exactly the kind of determined hard-working ethic Kevin Ford brings to his job at Burger King in the Las Vegas McCarren International Airport. In 2022, the long-time employee went viral for never missing a workday in his 27th year at the company.

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January 9, 2024

Animator Hayao Miyazaki Wins First Golden Globe at the Age of 82 for ‘The Boy and the Heron’

Merging meticulous craftsmanship and dreamy storytelling has cemented Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki as an animation legend. From My Neighbor Totoro to Howl's Moving Castle, his carefully made films have transported viewers for decades. Although he has frequently thought about retirement, Miyazaki returned to work for his final feature and, after seven years in the making, released The Boy and the Heron.

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January 9, 2024

Insightful Video Visualizes and Compares the Speed of the Fastest Underwater Animals

When we think of the quickest animals, the cheetah is often one of the first animals to come to mind. However, while the spotted feline reigns on land, there is a creature that dominates the track under water. To put the speeds of ocean mammals and fish in perspective, a TikToker named @deepseamysteries shared a video in which the fastest underwater animals are put into an animated race.

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January 8, 2024

Canadian Conservation Group Buys Out Hunting Rights for B.C. Rainforest To Protect Indigenous Wildlife

The Raincoast Conservation Foundation celebrated a major win recently. After two years of fundraising, the Canada-based conservation group raised $1,920,000 to buy out the hunting rights to more than a quarter of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia. In doing so, they hope to protect the indigenous wildlife of the area—including grizzly bears, wolves, and cougars—by preventing commercial trophy hunting of animals. The purchase covers 18,000 square kilometers (approximately 6,949 square miles)

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