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Well this story will surely quack you up!

A duck known as Wrinkle just completed the New York marathon in stylish red shoes - and the video of her efforts is the cutest thing ever!

Yep, she waddled and quacked her way through 42 miles of physical exertion that would put most of us to shame (we see you there sitting on the sofa).

She even seemed okay with all her screaming fans, writing in the post on Instagram: “I ran the NY marathon!! I’ll get even better next year! 🦵Thanks to all the humans that were cheering for me!!”

But it's her red shoes that have caught everyone’s attention. Have you ever seen a duck wearing boots? In the post comments, Wrinkle wrote that her human crew are going to be selling them. We guess there’s a big market for duck shoes because lots of people have pet ducks. (We want to meet all these pet ducks! Show us!)

Here's a close up of those awesome red shoes:

Even more impressive, Wrinkle’s Instagram bio says she’s a time traveller, though we haven’t worked out the connection yet, but it looks like she has a full life doing lots of fun things with her humans.

She's getting more and more famous... so we expect to see her in a Netflix duckumentary very soon!

Check out some of her adventures, and if you feel like you need more ducks in your life, then you'll definitely want to follow her on her socials.

 

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The Beatles are back in a new docuseries coming to Disney Plus.

The Beatles Get Back is a three-part documentary series on the making of the 1970's album Let It Be.

Let It Be was originally penned to have the album name Get Back which is why the documentary is named so.

Each episode lasts a massive 2 hours and draws on a massive 55 hours of content made available to Peter Jackson.

Paul, Ringo, and the widows of John and George all cooperated with Jackson whilst he spent the past 4 years editing the series together.

When anyone thinks about Peter Jackson, the first thing that comes to mind is Lord of the Rings.

But what many may not know is his passion for restorative work on film.

His production company, WingNut Films, took the footage from the first World War and created They Shall Not Grow Old.

This documentary took original footage from the war (some never seen outside the archives) and restored it in a few different ways.

The original footage was shot at 13 frames per second. So the team needed to increase that to 24 frames per second to appear smooth.

The footage was also painstakingly colourised to make it feel like it wasn't shot over 100 years ago.

With an approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes of 99%, They Shall Not Grow Old is a beautiful and emotional documentary everyone should watch.

 

 

The Beatles Get Back starts on Disney+ November 25th.

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Once you hear the theme song there is no going back, it's going to be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. That's the effect a show like Fraggle Rock has had on our love of nostalgia and we can't wait for the revival to hit Apple TV+ streaming service in 2022.

The highly-anticipated reboot of the beloved classic series “Fraggle Rock,” titled “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock.” will be available from Friday, January 21, 2022.

This new 13-episode Apple Original series from The Jim Henson Company in association with New Regency follows last year’s celebrated Apple Original shorts “Fraggle Rock: Rock On!” A show that was produced during the pandemic and managed to stick to strict social distancing guidelines by having the creators film the show at home using iPhone 11s, a groundbreaking achievement in the history of television.

In addition to “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock,” Apple’s growing partnership with The Jim Henson Company includes “Harriet The Spy,” the first animated adaptation of the iconic children’s novel premiering this Friday, November 19; the popular “Fraggle Rock: Rock On!” shorts; the 88 episodes of the original “Fraggle Rock” series and recently added bonus specials, “Down at Fraggle Rock,” “Doozer Music” and “Fraggle Songs”.

It's exciting to think that we'll be reunited with Gobo, Red, Wembley, Mokey, Boober, and all-new Fraggle friends who will take us on new and exciting adventures we can share with our kids.

 

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A kitten born with four ears has gone viral after finally finding its furever home.

Midas, a cute grey kitty cat, is quickly becoming an internet sensation, accummulating over 47k followers in just four weeks.

The Russian Blue is not only adorable (obviously) but actually has two sets of ears, with two baby ears nestled inside her regular ears.

Midas' extra set of hearing devices are due to a genetic defect, but cause the kitty no harm.

The four month old kitten was recently adopted in Turkey, and now shares a home with two gentle Labradors, 14-year-old Suzy and 12-year-old Zeynep.

On her dedicated Instagram account, Midas is clearly infactuated with the two pooches, and can be seen snuggling, napping, massaging and playing with them. 

Speaking to MailOnline, owner Canis Dosemeci described Midas as a 'very playful cat.'

She's also 'very friendly as well. She sleeps all day and is awake all night. She loves to sleep on my chest or shoulder.'

'She loves to play with yarns, (we have loads of them because of my business), she steals them and hides them somewhere we could never find.' 

 

Image: midas_x24 / Instagram