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A Danish brewing company has figured out a way to reduce their plastic usage by 75%. Carlsberg will do away with the plastic holding their 6-packs of beer together, and use glue instead. The new design will be tested out in the UK first. 4000 different adhesives were tested before finding just the right glue!
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Last week in Como Italy, archaeologists found hundreds of ancient gold coins. The Roman coins, from the 4th or 5th century, were buried in an amphora jar in the basement of an old theater. A bar of gold, and other artifacts have also been found in the area. I’m sure they’ll keep looking!
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Over the summer, residents in a Washington DC condominium evacuated when the building’s fire alarm went off. There was no fire, but surveillance video captured a rat climbing onto a handrail, jumping up to a fire alarm on the wall, and pulling it! The mischievous rat must have had a good laugh at that!
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Last week, a kangaroo was spotted hopping around Austria. Yes, the country next to Germany! Police have called all the zoos and kangaroo breeders in the area, but no one is missing the animal. Austria has seen stray kangaroos before; maybe they’re confusing Austria with Australia, when they look at their maps!
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Today is National Make Your Bed Day. If your room is a mess, a nicely-made bed can be an oasis of calm, in a sea of clutter. If you’re already making your bed every day, like you should be, challenge yourself to make it perfectly, so it looks like a hotel bed!
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Vice Ganda and 6899 of his fans set a world record this weekend. They all gathered at Araneta Coliseum in the Philippines to apply lipstick at the same time! The event took place during “Ganda for All,” a music festival held by Vice Cosmetics.
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Brushing and flossing your teeth keeps them healthy and clean. Someone must have told that to the baboons at Paignton Zoo in England. Lately, the baboons have been seen flossing! They are using bristles pulled from old brooms, or pieces of their own hair, and really seem to enjoy it!
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The Sahara Desert is a perfect location for solar and wind energy projects. But the combination of solar and wind farms could cause something unexpected: increased rainfall, and more vegetation! Solar panels and wind turbines create rougher and darker land surfaces. In theory, it could turn the expanding Sahara, green!
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Researchers created an app called, “Spider in da House,” where participants could add data about the times and locations of spiders seen in their homes. After collecting nearly 10,000 records, they found that most wandering spiders are males looking for mates, and seen in the evening. Females mostly hang out in their webs.
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Today is Boss/Employee Exchange Day. Employees may find, it’s harder to be the boss than they think. Bosses may discover, when they step back and let someone else run things, they might be surprised by some new ideas. Fittingly, it’s also National Swap Ideas Day. Great ideas are best when shared!
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