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If you were at the New York Comic con last Thursday, you may have noticed an awful lot of Spider-Man fans. They were actually attempting a world record, for the largest gathering of people dressed as Spider-Man. Sadly, they fell just short of enough participants to break the current record of 685.

The Sea Life Aquarium in Minnesota, had some pretty cute visitors last week. A rescue group called The Bitty Kitty Brigade, took a dozen orphaned kittens on a field trip, to see all the fish. The annual excursion gives the kittens enrichment and the chance to socialize, getting them ready for adoption.

Birds are migrating south, to find warmer temperatures. There are so many birds, that they show up on weather radar. 159 doppler radars across the United States provide data that the Cornell Lab of Ornithology analyzes, and publishes results at birdcast.info. Sometimes more than a billion birds are migrating, on a single night!

Nanoplastics, are everywhere. The teeny-tiny bits of plastic are too small to pick up, blow through the air, and flow through nets in the ocean. Scientists in China, have developed a sponge made of starch and gelatin, that can trap the microscopic particles. The sponges could even trap nanoplastics from clothes, in washing machines.

Girls get ready, to celebrate International Day Of The Girl Child. Being a girl is awesome! Wave to other girls and tell them they’re great! The United Nations created the Day of Girls, to highlight the injustices females face around the world. This year’s theme is, “End child marriage and invest in girls’ rights!.”

Today is Save The Vaquita Day. The vaquita is a small type of porpoise, nicknamed the panda of the sea because of black patches around its eyes. There are only about 10 of the marine mammals left, due to getting trapped in gillnets laid by fishermen. They live in the Gulf of California.

Are you aware, that not all penguins live where it’s cold? Now you know, for International African Penguin Awareness Day. The Cape or South African penguin, lives in Africa. They lay their eggs in burrows, to protect them from the heat. The holes are also handy, for hiding from leopards!

Did you dress up for Halloween last year? Is your costume sad because you never wore it again? Make your costume happy, by having a costume swap! Everyone gets a new costume for free. You don’t have to wait for Halloween to dress up. You can wear your costumes anytime. Happy Costume Swap Day!

Today is Chess Day. Learn how to play this classic game, and you’ll soon be saying, “Checkmate!” It’s I Love Yarn Day too. You could play with a yarn-ball like a kitten, or learn to knit or crochet! Then, if your chess partner is taking too long to move, you could knit a scarf.

There are 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, and 1760 yards in a mile. Also, there are 10 millimeters in a centimeter, 100 centimeters in a meter, and 1000 meters in a kilometer. The second group is the metric system, which certainly seems easier to remember. Happy Metric Day!