Welcome to this week's nice news quiz

Let's give thanks this week for some 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 stories in the news this past year. All items in today's quiz are guaranteed to be uplifting, or at least pleasant. Go 8 for 8 and give yourself a nice pat on the back!

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Only one commonly eaten nut is native to America, and the United States harvests 80% of the world's supply each year. What is this nut, named for an Algonquin term for “a nut too hard to crack by hand"?

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According to dietitian Bryn Beeder, a day or two of overeating during the holidays...

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Good news about the common cold! Recent studies show that which ancient practice, from the 5,000-year-old Ayurvedic tradition, can actually can help fight colds?

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A mental health study by the University of Michigan has shown encouraging signs, for the third year in a row, of a decline in what among American college students?

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November 2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the successful peace accords signed by Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in what city?

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Want to tidy up your home? According to a clinical trial run by psychologists, the best way to start decluttering your house is to write down...

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The "power of play" has been shown in 2025 by hundreds of political protesters, first in Portland, Oregon and now across the country, who have dressed in costume as what?

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Dogs were domesticated from wolves around 20,000 years ago, DNA studies suggest. But the first dog whose bones were actually identified in archaeological records was a...

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