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Happy History

Stories from the past that still have something to teach us. Happy History profiles the people, inventions, and moments that quietly shaped the world for the better, told with the same fact-dense, human-first approach as the rest of Only Happy News.

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5SOS: 5 Seconds of Summer Shot 'Youngblood' Against a Tokyo Backdrop and the Contrast Still Hits

August 16, 2026

5 Seconds of Summer Shot ‘Youngblood’ Against a Tokyo Backdrop and the Contrast Still Hits

5 Seconds of Summer open 'Youngblood' with birdsong and Japanese city noise before a single

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Supercar Blondie: Brabus Built Its First-Ever Car From Scratch and Named It After a Man Who Never Lived to See It

August 16, 2026

Brabus Built Its First-Ever Car From Scratch and Named It After a Man Who Never Lived to See It

Brabus built its first-ever car entirely from scratch, named it after a founding partner who

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Supercar Blondie: Richard Rawlings Built a 6x6 Ferrari Testarossa With 1,200 Horsepower and It Nearly Bent Itself in Half

August 16, 2026

Richard Rawlings Built a 6×6 Ferrari Testarossa With 1,200 Horsepower and It Nearly Bent Itself in Half

Richard Rawlings spent two years stretching a Ferrari Testarossa by three and a half feet,

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: A Hydrogen Race Car Just Hit 406 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats and the Exhaust Was Just Water

August 16, 2026

A Hydrogen Race Car Just Hit 406 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats and the Exhaust Was Just Water

A hydrogen-powered race car built by JCB and Williams Advanced Engineering hit 406.320 mph on

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Top Gear Classic: Oliver the Opel Conquered the World's Biggest Salt Flats While Everything Else Sank

August 15, 2026

Oliver the Opel Conquered the World’s Biggest Salt Flats While Everything Else Sank

A small Opel named Oliver crossed the Makgadikgadi salt flats in Botswana, the biggest in

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Top Gear Classic: Top Gear's Most Ridiculous Races: Cars vs. Trains, Boats, Planes, and Dog Sleds

August 15, 2026

Top Gear’s Most Ridiculous Races: Cars vs. Trains, Boats, Planes, and Dog Sleds

Jeremy Clarkson drove a fly-spattered Aston Martin DB9 from Cannes to Monaco faster than a

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Top Gear Classic: Jeremy Clarkson Drove the World's Smallest Car Through the BBC and Nobody Noticed

August 15, 2026

Jeremy Clarkson Drove the World’s Smallest Car Through the BBC and Nobody Noticed

Jeremy Clarkson raced sunrise in a supercharged Jaguar, drove the world's smallest car through the

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Top Gear Classic: Top Gear's Most Gloriously Chaotic Challenges Packed Into One Wild Ride

August 15, 2026

Top Gear’s Most Gloriously Chaotic Challenges Packed Into One Wild Ride

Jeremy Clarkson screamed onto the A303 in an airplane-fuselage motorhome while James May drifted a

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Top Gear Classic: Top Gear Turned a Reliant Robin Into a Space Shuttle and Built an Electric Car Named Geoff

August 15, 2026

Top Gear Turned a Reliant Robin Into a Space Shuttle and Built an Electric Car Named Geoff

A Reliant Robin launched on 8.5 tonnes of rocket thrust, a homemade electric car named

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Top Gear Classic: The £1 Volvo That Survived a Wall at 40 mph: Top Gear's Greatest Budget Car Challenges

August 15, 2026

The £1 Volvo That Survived a Wall at 40 mph: Top Gear’s Greatest Budget Car Challenges

A friend walked into a Volvo dealership with a single pound coin and drove away

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Top Gear Classic: When Top Gear Stretched a Limo, Got Lost at Harrods, and Broke a Thumb on Purpose

August 15, 2026

When Top Gear Stretched a Limo, Got Lost at Harrods, and Broke a Thumb on Purpose

James May spent an evening driving a 39-foot stretch limousine in circles around central London

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Robert Herjavec: Jay Leno Shows Robert Herjavec the $20 Million McLaren F1 Hiding in His Burbank Garage

August 15, 2026

Jay Leno Shows Robert Herjavec the $20 Million McLaren F1 Hiding in His Burbank Garage

Jay Leno's Burbank garage holds a McLaren F1 with a last offer of 20 million

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