Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Umbrella Day, and Cream Cheese Brownie Day. I wish it would rain delicious cream cheese brownies so I could use my bumbershoot, another name for umbrellas in the 19th century. James Smith and Sons is a London umbrella shop open since 1830. Umbrellas were invented more than 4000 years ago!

Vernon Kruger is finally back on solid ground. The South African man spent the last 78 days, 23 hours, and 14 minutes, living in a barrel, on top of an 82-foot pole! The previous record of 67 days in a barrel on top of a pole, was also set by him, in 19 97. He must have missed his barrel-house.

Researchers working at an archaeological site on Lindisfarne, an island near England, found a tiny King. It was the King piece from a Viking board game called hnefatafl, that is similar to chess. The piece is made of blue and white glass, and is over 1200 years old! I wonder who won the last game.

Physicists at Emory University, have been trying to discover what makes the perfect bubble. They finally figured out the secret! A mixture of water and soap with polymer strands of varying lengths, made the sturdiest bubbles. They were able to make bubbles big enough, to hold an entire car!

Winter’s not over yet, but it’s never too early to think about ways to help honeybees. One easy way, is to let dandelions grow this spring. Instead of putting weed-killer on your lawn, you should welcome the happy yellow flowers. They are some of the first flowers to bloom, and bees depend on them!

Pizza is awesome. You can keep it simple, a crust with tomato and cheese, or you can put 30 toppings on it! Yay! It’s Pizza Day! It’s also Read In the Bathtub Day. After you eat your favorite pizza, relax in the bath with your favorite book. Just don’t drop it in the water!

Do you have trouble learning math? Maybe you’d do better in the Math Whisperer’s class. Francis Elive teaches at Fitzalan High School in Cardiff Wales. The Welsh teacher managed to help his entire class, get an A+ on a nationwide mathematics exam!  In comparison, only 13% of Welsh students scored as well as his class.

This weekend’s full moon is known as the Snow Moon. The moon is also a supermoon, which occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon’s perigee. The perigee is the point when the moon’s orbit brings it closest to Earth. Since it is closer than normal, it makes the moon look huge!

8-year-old Keoni Ching, from Vancouver Washington, wanted to do something nice for Kindness Week at his school. He decided to make keychains, and sell them to raise money. He used the money to pay off the school lunch debt for all the kids in his school, as well as 6 other schools!

Today is National Boy Scouts Day. The Boy Scouts of America was created in 19 10, inspired by the British Boy Scouts. Today, there are over 114,000,000 Scouts, earning over 135 merit badges. The Pinewood Derby, where Scouts design their own miniature wooden racing cars, has been taking place since 19 53. Scouts pledge to do their best.