Fuck Yeah: Awesome News, Edition 19
Last week, a story about wayward photographs brought tears to our eyes; old people prove once again that we don’t deserve them; beavers in the Czech Republic stand on business; and we’ve never related to a possum more. Here’s all the news from last week that made us say, “Fuck yeah,” from the wonderful, the wild, and the weird.
The Wonderful
In people-aren’t-so-fucking-horrible-after-all news, a 27-year-old with a heart of gold launched an effort to reunite people with their family photographs lost in natural disasters.
Is there anything cuter than an old couple in love?! Damn right. These adorable love birds didn’t even speak the same language when they fell in love 70 years ago.
We can’t help it; we love old people (it’s not a fetish). The invitations an 87-year-old man named Doug sent out for his baller-ass party made headlines.
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The Wild
In Tanzania, a badass gang of giant rats might turn the tide on illegal wildlife trafficking.
A planned dam to protect the Klabave River in the Czech Republic had been floundering since 2018 until a family of beavers stepped in, did their damn thing, and saved Czech taxpayers tens of millions.
A newly discovered spider is named after conservation Grandaddy Sir David Attenborough.
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The Wierd
In this-is-more-relatable-than-we’d-like-to-admit-news, a possum was rushed to the hospital after it ate an entire sheet cake from Costco.
Unless you’re off-grid ala Ted Kazinsky, you’ve certainly seen news reports of a young man being SWALLOWED AND SPIT OUT BY A FUCKING WHALE, but it bears repeating.
A woman in Fukuoka, Japan, went completely batshit off the fucking rails and did the unthinkable. Fortunately, she was apprehended and swiftly brought to justice.