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13 Positive Headlines To Make Us Forget About The Latest News Cycle

Been paying too much attention to major headlines lately? This'll help.

13 Positive Headlines To Make Us Forget About The Latest News Cycle

February 18, 2022

From Ukraine to climate change, major headlines right now are not exactly a balm for the soul. So here's a little bit of stuff that kind of is.

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Turns out, we might soon be able to cure leukemia fully. A new kind of immunotherapy, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, enabled two patients to be cancer-free almost 10 years after they'd gotten it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turns out, many babies of women who got the mRNA vaccine have antibodies. Apparently, after being tested for antibodies at the age of 6 months, 57% of the babies still had them (in detectable quantities). CRACKED.COM — Source

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A painting stolen by Nazis was finally returned to its owners, after 80 years. Or rather, to the original owners' descendants - it was given back by Brussels' Royal Museums of Fine Arts, where it was kept since 1951. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nuclear Fusion

Turns out, nuclear fusion might be pulled off in the reasonably near future. The JET laboratory in the UK produced 59 megajoules of energy in a five-second span in recent experiments - over twice what similar experiments generated back in 1997. CRACKED.COM — Source

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90% of the entire Indian population got one dose of the COVID vaccine. Vaccine VIRUS And, according to the latest statistics, India's recovery rate is 98.38%. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The program to eradicate the harmful Guinea worm was a massive success. 14 people got infected by the worm last year - and, for comparison, about 3.5 million were infected per year in 1986. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gray wolves are now much safer throughout a great deal of US territory. In the final days of the Trump admin, their protections got removed - but a federal judge just put them back. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The bald eagle is officially no longer an endangered species in Vermont. In other words, it's been taken off the state's endangered species list, thanks to more than a decade of restoration work. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Italy is now ditching social media en masse - almost as an entire country. The numbers are pretty big: 22% of all Italians say that, in the last year, they've stopped using social media. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Erin Jackson is the first Black woman to get speedskating gold. GON COOM N This is actually the first speedskating medal of any kind, not just gold, at the Winter Olympics. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turns out, Dolly Parton is even more generous and kind than we knew. Her Dollywood Parks & Resorts is now going to cover all costs for tuition, fees, and books for all its employees. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The White House has a new $5 billion plan to install electric car chargers. And not just anywhere - the plan is going to cover US highways with electric chargers, meaning it's a pretty significant investment in infrastructure. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Belgium just approved a four-hour work-week, and gave workers extra rights. Workers can now legally ignore their bosses after work hours there. Maybe Douglas Adams was wrong and Belgium really isn't so bad after all. CRACKED.COM — Source

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