Category: Kids News

Today is Chopsticks Day. These simple eating utensils have been used in China since 1200 BCE, where they now produce 80,000,000,000 disposable pairs-per-year. If you don’t know how to use chopsticks, ask someone to teach you. You might need to buy light-up light saber chopsticks, to practice. After all, reusable chopsticks are better for the environment!

Wolfgang Lauenburger set the record for most dogs in a conga line, with his 14 pooches, named Emma, Filou, Fin, Simon, Susy, Maya, Ulf, Speck, Bibi, Katie, Jennifer, Elvis, Charly, and Cathy. The prancing poochies each stood with their front paws on the next one’s shoulders, then moved to the beat.

The rare Pallas’s cat, also known as the manul, has been called the original grumpy cat. Look at a picture, and you’ll understand why. Pallas’s cats are found across Asia at high altitudes. Researchers recently found evidence, that they even live on Mount Everest, 17,000 feet up. That’s one way to hide from humans.

Today is Did-You-Fart?-Day, so remember this advice. Whoever smelt it dealt it, and whoever denied it supplied it. Actually, everybody farts, normally up to 25 times a day. Most mammals also pass gas, except for sloths. So do snakes. Read the book, “Does It Fart?”, to see what other animals have flatulence.

With the crazy temperatures some places have been experiencing, it makes you thankful for weather forecasts. Today is Weatherperson’s Day, so thank a meteorologist for letting you know whether to wear snow boots or flip-flops! It’s also Western Monarch Day. Plant some milkweed, to help the beautiful butterflies survive their annual 3000-mile migration!

Today is World Nutella Day. Nutella is a spread made from cocoa and hazelnuts, that tastes yummy on bread. It’s also Chocolate Fondue Day, which is melted chocolate that you can dip everything in. I think I’ll eat strawberries, spread with Nutella and dunked in chocolate! Now what will I have for dessert.

A blast of Arctic air, is sweeping through the Northeast United States. Mount Washington, in New Hampshire, recorded the lowest US wind chill temperature ever, of -104° Fahrenheit. The winds were reaching speeds of 100 miles-per-hour! Old Man Winter is happy to demonstrate the groundhog’s prediction, of 6 more weeks of winter.

Today is Take Your Child To The Library Day. Spend some time exploring your library. Look for a new book by your favorite author, check out a book on crafts or science experiments, or reed a biography about someone you’ve never heard of. You can even get your very own library card. Have fun!

Today is Create A Vacuum Day, but it doesn’t mean suck up all the snacks. A vacuum, is a space where there is no matter, or where the pressure inside a space is lower than the pressure outside of it. A suction cup creates a vacuum. Look online, for easy vacuum experiments to try.

I think it’s a day for feeling warm and cozy. It’s Sweater Day! Turn down the heat and dress in your favorite sweater. Be careful not to spill soup on it, because it’s also Homemade Soup Day. Try making vegetable soup with all the leftover vegetables in the fridge, and save some for me!