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For the second time this year, a concert film debuts on top of the weekend box office. "Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce" took in an estimated 21-million-dollars to join "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" in hitting number one in its opening week. "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" finished second at 14-million-dollars after spending its first two weeks at number one. A classic monster opened in third place as "Godzilla Minus One" took in eleven-million-dollars.
https://www.goldderby.com/article/2023/box-office-beyonce-renaissance-godzilla-minus-one/
A species of mole thought to be extinct has been rediscovered--a mole with super hearing. Scientists in South Africa announced they recently found new populations of the De Winton's golden mole, an animal thought to have been lost to science for nearly 90 years. The Endangered Wldlife Trust and the University of Pretoria scoured over eleven miles of its habitat every day for two years before making the discovery. Golden moles are skilled burrowers with sensitive hearing that allows them to detect vibrations from surface movements.
https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/de-wintons-golden-mole-port-nolloths-beach
Stargazers might start spotting a new object in the night sky. The object drifted away from astronauts during a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station and is now slowly orbiting around Earth. It's a tool bag. The tool bag is estimated to remain in orbit until spring to midsummer next year before it disintegrates above the Earth's surface. The astronomy news site EarthSky says the bag can be seen with a pair of binoculars.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/12/02/astronaut-lost-tool-bag/71719486007/
You can visit National parks in the U.S. on six different days next year and pay nothing. That's right, National parks will have six free entry days. That includes three holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Veterans Day and Juneteenth, as well as April 20th, August 4th and September 28th. There will still be fees for some activities, like camping and fishing, and parks that are operated in partnership with other parties could charge other types of fees.
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/fee-free-parks.htm
What is the worst city in America in which to drive? According to a report from GetCircuit-dot-com, New Yorkers spend an average of 236 hours in rush hour traffic every year. New York takes the number one spot, followed by Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston and Washington DC rounds out the top five. In Florida, the worst cities in which to drive are Miami, which came in 11th, Jacksonville at 28, Tampa at 37 and Orlando is the 53rd worst city in which to drive.
Singer-songwriter Walker Hayes is adding a festive touch to his viral hit, "Fancy Like." It's called "Fancy Like Christmas," and it celebrates all of the wonderful, and basic, things about the season. Hayes released the new holiday anthem, along with a new music video featuring his wife, Laney, and their six kids.
https://people.com/walker-hayes-releases-fancy-like-christmas-video-exclusive-8407231