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Tues. 12/5 - The Oldest Living Land Animal, Valuable Trash, The Airing of Grievances

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode; the world’s oldest living land animal celebrates a birthday. Plus, how much trash would you sift through to locate a lost valuable. 'Tis the season for Festivus – we’ll tell you where to send your grievances. That, and a look back at this day in history with the group that bared it all. Oldest Land Animal Lost Valuable Air Your Grievances Contact us at coolstuffcommute@gmail.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Want to give a special someone a gift they'll truly love this Valentine's Day?

0:04.8

Treat them to something that never goes out of style.

0:07.7

A beautiful bouquet of 12 red roses.

0:11.1

They're classic for a reason.

0:12.9

And all for just 15 pounds at Waitrose.

0:16.3

Selected lines and stores.

0:17.6

Subject to availability ends 14th of February.

0:20.4

Once again, welcome to another edition of Cool Stuff Ride.

0:24.5

Home, Marcus Paff and Reggie Rizzou here, bringing you some of the more interesting stories of the day.

0:29.6

On today's episode, the world's oldest living land animal celebrates a birthday.

0:35.0

Just how old is he?

0:36.2

Well, we'll tell you.

0:37.0

Plus, how much trash would you sift through

0:40.0

to locate a lost valuable? We'll tell you what one woman was desperately looking for,

0:45.4

and tis the season for Festivus. We'll tell you where to send your grievances, that and the group

0:51.0

that bared it all on this week in history. Coming up on Cool Stuff Ride Home.

0:55.8

Last week, the world's oldest living land animal celebrated its 191st birthday on the island of St. Helena.

1:02.5

And as possible, he might be much older.

1:05.2

Jonathan the tortoise was at least 50 years old when he was brought to the island in 1882,

1:10.6

having made the trip from Seychelles.

1:11.6

That's an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, east of Africa.

1:15.6

Per the Guinness record book, Jonathan is believed to have been born circa 1832

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