Due to the bad news that usually dominates the front page of NU.nl, the good news sometimes disappears. That is why we make an overview of the positive and cheerful news.
David Attenborough breaks Instagram record: fastest one million followers
David Attenborough has an official Guinness World Record. The Instagram account of the 94-year-old presenter was the fastest ever to gather a million followers. He has been active on the social network since Thursday. In just over four hours he reached the mark of a million followers. There are now a few million.
UMCG will receive 30 million euros for cancer research
The University Medical Center Groningen will receive 30 million euros from the National Health Care Institute and health research organization ZonMw for further research into promising innovative immunotherapy for people with a very aggressive form of lymph node cancer. This is a form that affects approximately seventeen hundred Dutch people every year.
Gambia hamster rat receives gold medal for landmine detection
Gambia Hamsterrat Magawa has received a prestigious award for detecting landmines in Cambodia. During its career, the seven-year-old rodent has located a total of 39 landmines.
The animal was awarded by the British charity PDSA for its “lifesaving dedication to locating and defusing deadly landmines in Cambodia”.
André Hazes senior gets a wax figure in Madame Tussauds
André Hazes senior will posthumously receive a wax figure in Madame Tussauds Amsterdam, the wax museum announced on Thursday, one day after his death. The singer, who died in 2004 at the age of 53, is given a place in the bar where guests of Madame Tussauds traditionally drink their last round.
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