by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
You’ve heard the famous “Blue Danube” waltz—even if the name doesn’t ring any bells. Trust us on this one. Composed by the Austrian “Waltz King” Johann Strauss II, it has been borrowed for every kind of media imaginable, from commercials to Looney Tunes shorts. Today...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Georgia woman was so blown away by the work ethic of a teen who clocked in for a late evening shift at Burger King just after graduating high school, she decided to help with his college tuition. Setting up a GoFundMe to tell the youth’s story, it raised $20,000 in...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
From the south of England comes the eyewitness account of a road rescue by a hoard of good, young, Samaritans. A photograph taken by a bystander shows one of the rescuers on top of the vehicle after it crashed, as well as a man and his 11-month-old son, who had been...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
People find time to volunteer for all manner of projects, and in Germany, a community recently got together to pitch in for the sake of their local, 5,500-year history. The Neolithic burial site of Küsterberg is located in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt’s...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
An engineering team from MIT have designed a solar-powered groundwater desalination device that could supply over 1,000 gallons per day and doesn’t require batteries. Envisioned as a way to provide water to communities whose groundwater is too brackish to drink, the...
