Since its installation in 2014, Baltimore’s Mr. Trash Wheel (and his more recently introduced family members) have collected 2,362 tons of trash from the city’s harbor, including 940,000 plastic bags, 1.8 million plastic bottles and 1.3 million foam containers. The quirkily designed machine has become somewhat of a tourist attraction and a most certainly a local icon. The odd looking - but highly effective device - celebrated its 10th birthday last week. ​ Mr. Trash Wheel is the brainchild of resident John Kellett, who noticed garbage collecting in the Jones Falls stream on his daily commute ..read more

Even though nowadays they should probably be called Xs, here are 10 recent chuckle-worthy tweets by women. @raysofberry: I’ve officially rescheduled my wedding to 2026… such a difficult decision but it’s for the best due to due my schedule and the current climate. It will also give me more time to find the person I’m marrying so I guess it works out. @psychtwts: Studying psychology is fun until one of the disorders starts to sound a little too familiar. @KatieDeal99: I will never forget the time that I helped interview a man for a job opening and when he was asked what he would contribute ..read more

Synopsis of last week's most important positive news from around the world. US Conservation Priority: The Washington Post reports that the Department of the Interior has introduced a rule prioritizing conservation, recreation, and renewable energy over traditional resource extraction on public lands, representing a seismic shift in the management of roughly 245 million acres of public property, one-tenth of the nation's land mass. Democracy Wins: This news from Senegal might be the best in world politics of 2024 so far. Despite attempted delays and imprisonments by the former president ..read more

If you're already feeling hungry, OGN recommends that you don't look at these gorgeous, mouth-watering images! The Food Stylist Awards are a sub-category of the annual Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year Awards, and whilst the winners have yet to be announced, the competition organisors have released the shortlist for judges to consider before casting their verdicts. The competition is open to professional and non-professional, old and young, and celebrate the very best in food photography and film from around the world. Below are a selection of OGN's favourites shortlisted for the Food ..read more

Victoria Claflin Woodhull was one of the 19th century’s most colorful characters and, by any definition, a remarkable woman. Running for President was just one of her trailblazing 'firsts'. Born into poverty in rural Ohio, Victoria married the 28-year-old Dr. Canning Woodhull when she was only 15 - but soon found out that her husband was a whoring drunkard. To help make ends meet, she worked in a variety of jobs: a cigar store clerk, a seamstress, a stage actress, and as a spiritual medium. After her divorce from Dr. Woodhull, Victoria began her association with the Free Love movement, which ..read more

A team from South Korea made the breakthrough with next-generation sodium batteries, which are both cheaper and safer than the conventional lithium-ion batteries found in smartphones and electric cars. Sodium (Na) is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive alkali metal that is 500 times more abundant than lithium, while also providing greater charge and efficiency than its Li-ion counterpart. Until now, Na-ion batteries have faced limitations preventing them from being adopted on any significant scale, including long charging times and a lack of storage capacity. Happily, researchers from th ..read more

Marathons always seem to attract an eclectic variety of runners, and last Sunday's London Marathon was no exception. Here are the entertaining stories about four of this year's participants. Fridget Jones A Royal Marine who ran the London Marathon carrying a fridge has set a world record, the Royal Navy says. Cpl Sam Hammond, 30, completed the 26.2-mile route with the appliance, dubbed 'Fridget Jones', on his back last Sunday in four hours and 52 minutes. The Royal Navy said he beat the previous world record by 57 minutes. The record attempt will now be verified by Guinness World Records, sa ..read more

Enjoy the glorious colours of the wisteria, azaleas, and tochigi at this world famous park ..read more

Celebrating the start of the weekend with an upbeat bundle of positive news nuggets. First in The World Emerging from Venice’s railway station on a rainy morning this week, Sylvain Pellarin became the first person in the world to pay a five euro fee to enter the World Heritage city. Indeed, the first person to pay an entrance fee to any city in the world. The project has been launched after years of debate and will be closely watched by destinations around the globe that are being smothered by over-tourism. As well as introducing the entry charge, the city has also banned large cruise ships ..read more

Ryōyū Kobayashi, the 27-year-old Japanese World Cup titan just took ski-jumping to new heights, smashing the previous record by nearly 40m. There has never been a ski jumper quite like Ryōyū Kobayashi. Quiet and philosophical, ambitious and hungry, the Hachimantai native could retire today as one of the best ski jumpers that ever lived. But he won’t do that because he’s questing for more: Kobayashi has just made history with the longest ski jump ever, launching himself from a specially-created natural kicker in Iceland on 24 April. Kobayashi soared majestically through the air for around te ..read more