Jacob Atkins, a Twitter user from Iowa, decided to compile a list of great stories that happened in 2017 after getting tired of hearing bad news most of the time. He shared positive and interesting facts that you can hardly get from the internet nowadays.
Check out below to feel the good vibes.
Scientists have found a way to successfully rebreed sections of the Great Barrier Reef. pic.twitter.com/VJUZuHapSH
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
Once Amazon’s new headquarters is finished it will include space to shelter 200 homeless people. pic.twitter.com/8ki9aCmKlT
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
The snow leopard has been taken off the endangered species list. pic.twitter.com/nryfZ7EN45
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
HIV/AIDS is no longer the leading cause of death in Africa. pic.twitter.com/x3tfXjPzPS
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
Honey bee populations have increased by 27%. Researchers have also found an insecticide that doesn’t kill bees. pic.twitter.com/L1NSXIRw6A
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
A shoe company in Argentina makes shoes from recycled tires and employs only women from rural areas. pic.twitter.com/KsIpbarlXj
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
Conservationists agreed to plant 73 million trees over the next 6 years in the Amazon rainforest. New Zealand’s next prime minster wants to plant 100 million trees next year. pic.twitter.com/VkrPiun0Hx
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
Even though it doesn’t seem like it, crime has decreased by 2.7% this year. pic.twitter.com/066fy2ksNq
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
Child labor rates have declined by half since 2000. pic.twitter.com/f5RkRHl5f0
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
In Lexington Kentucky, people who get parking tickets can pay them off by donating canned goods to the local food banks. pic.twitter.com/z7mu5qJnbT
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
Last story, probably heard of it but I like it. At the end of the 1st quarter of football games the University of Iowa fans stand and wave to the kids in the children’s hospital across the street. pic.twitter.com/dALmeP3BFy
— Jacob Atkins (@atkins_jacob1) December 21, 2017
