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If it sounds stupid, looks stupid, quacks like stupid, but also (kinda) works, is it still stupid? The jury’s still out on this one. What we know for sure is that in the world of life hacks, even the weirdest ideas can still have merit. All it takes is a bit of creativity and the willingness to stick a broken key into a potato to make a new grip. Genius and madness are often two sides of the same coin, after all. Our team over here at Bored Panda wanted to share some of that peculiar worldly wisdom with you,...

Now the list presented to you in this series every week are by no means exhaustive accounts of all the positive news there are; they are merely offerings shared with you to inspire hope. That said, here’s what we’re celebrating this week: 1. Western South Atlantic Humpback Whales are Making a Comeback After Near Extinction According to recent studies, a key population of humpback whales is in recovery after it was pushed close to extinction by centuries of exploitation. These are the Western South Atlantic humpbacks and there were reduced to a few hundred in population back in the 1950s,...

Now the list presented to you in this series every week are by no means exhaustive accounts of all the positive news there are; they are merely offerings shared with you to inspire hope. That said, here’s what we’re celebrating this week: 1. Western South Atlantic Humpback Whales are Making a Comeback After Near Extinction According to recent studies, a key population of humpback whales is in recovery after it was pushed close to extinction by centuries of exploitation. These are the Western South Atlantic humpbacks and there were reduced to a few hundred in population back in the 1950s,...