Feel Good Friday

“It started as a bizarre late-night standoff behind the counter of a fast food joint. It ended with no injuries — and free burgers.” NYT (Gift Article): The Viral In-N-Out Spatula Hero Is Exactly Who You Imagined He Was.

+ Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day.

+ Ke Huy Quan Says His $100,000 ‘Indiana Jones’ Residual Check Was ‘Life-Changing‘ As a Child Actor: It ‘Didn’t Make Any Sense’.

+ Largest wildlife overpass in North America, located in Colorado, resulted in a 91% reduction in collisions. (RFK Jr. will probably want to take an alternate route…)

+ “University of Oregon leaders have long been accustomed to big checks from Phil Knight, a Nike co-founder whose surname is splashed on everything from the library to the law center. When Mr. Knight called Oregon’s president this year, though, he and his wife, Penny, had a greater gift in mind: the largest known contribution to a public flagship university in the United States.” $1 Billion Donation to University of Oregon Makes History. That’s a lot of bucks for the ducks.

+ 81-year-old man working to return lost luggage to fund wife’s cancer bills sparks community outpouring.

+ “While humans sometimes struggle to make it work, a lumpy green frog found in the savannas and dry forests of southeastern Africa seems to have polyamory figured out. Female gray foam-nest tree frogs (Chiromantis xerampelina) can breed with more than a dozen males at once without anyone fighting or getting squished.” When it Comes to Frog Sex, Teamwork Makes the Dream Work. (Maybe the frog who became a prince actually lost out?)