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A sportswear company, is bringing new meaning to the words, foot fungus. Adidas is making shoes, out of mushrooms! The new Stan Smith design, uses mycelium instead of leather. The strong plant-based material, is another step in Adidas’s journey to be more climate-friendly. Adidas also recycles cotton, and plans to use only recycled plastic.
This weekend, grab a pair of binoculars and check the sky, for a triple conjunction of planets. Saturn, Mercury, and Jupiter, will form a tight triangle towards the southwest horizon. Your best view will be 45 minutes after sunset. There are lots of free star tracker phone apps, to help you map the night sky.
Today is Bean Day, and also Technology Day. To celebrate, make a big bowl of 15-bean soup. Then use computer technology to find “Vegetable Soup”, a great kids’ television show, on YouTube. Instead of watching it at 6:00 Saturday morning like kids in the 19 70’s, you can enjoy it with your bean soup lunch!
Today is Apple Tree Day, which started as a celebration of a nearly 200 year-old tree. When you think about it, it’s pretty amazing that food just grows on trees. It’s also Shortbread Day, so start baking! You only need flour, sugar, and butter, to bake this delicious Scottish dessert.
40 years ago, a statue of William Shepard, a general during the Revolutionary War, lost its bronze sword. The man who stole the blade from the Massachusetts monument, finally gave it back. He’d pulled on the sword one night when he was drunk, and it fell off. His drunken mistake haunted him for decades.
Did you ever make a little snowman that was so cute, you wanted to carry it around with you? Tsuchiya Kaban, a Japanese handbag company, has you covered. The Yukidaruma Bag is a luxury Snowpal Carrier. It’s waterproof and insulated, so you can bring your tiny snow friend on an adventure.
Risto Mattila and his wife, photographed an amazing sight, on Finland’s Hailuoto Island. The beach was covered with thousands of ice balls. Some of the ice spheres, created by wind and rough waves, were as big as soccer balls! The rare phenomenon occurred last year in Michigan, creating orbs the size of yoga balls!
Today is Bird Day. There are around 18,000 different bird species! The largest non-flying bird is the ostrich, the kori bustard is the heaviest bird that can fly, and the wandering albatross has the largest wingspan, at up to 11 feet! The bee hummingbird is smallest at 2 1/4 inches long. The Australian lyrebird sounds like R2-D2!
Pie and hot chocolate are even better, with a tower of whipped cream sprayed on top! For Whipped Cream Day, try making your own. Simply put some heavy whipping cream in a jar, and shake it for a few minutes! Just don’t shake it too long, or it will turn into butter.
It’s impossible to win the lottery, if you never buy a ticket, right? Wrong. An Australian woman’s family gave her a ticket as a Christmas gift, and she won $800,000! She plans to share the winnings with her kids, so they can all buy houses, and use the rest to retire.