Author: Lisa Mungovan

A truck crash in Washington state, caused the release of 14,000,000 bees. The tractor-trailer was carrying more than 70,000 pounds of bee hives when it overturned. Dozens of beekeepers helped recover the hives, which will be delivered after the bees should come back to their queens. Bees that don’t return, could start new colonies.

Did you know it’s Egg Day? Ostrich eggs are so big, that one weighed nearly 6 pounds! A vervain hummingbird’s tiny eggs are only 10 mm long. Snake eggs are leathery, while frog eggs are clear and look like jelly. Even some mammals lay eggs, like duck-billed platypuses and echidnas. Eggs are egg-citing!

Today is Chimborazo Day, celebrating the volcano in Ecuador that is the tallest peak in the world. Sort of. Mount Everest might be the highest above sea level, but Chimborazo is the furthest from the center of the Earth, because our planet is an oblate spheroid. It bulges at the equator!

Today is Chimborazo Day, celebrating the volcano in Ecuador that is the tallest peak in the world. Oh, did I already say that? That’s because it’s Repeat Day! That’s because it’s Repeat Day! You can really annoy everyone by repeating everything you say, or you can just do things you’ve done before.

The United Nations declared that June 3rd, is World Bicycle Day. Riding a bicycle is healthy exercise, a clean mode of transportation, and fun! The first bicycle, invented by Karl von Drais in 18 17, was called a swiftwalker or velocipede. It didn’t even have pedals! Whenever you cycle, wear your helmet for safety.

Aurora borealis, or the Northern Lights, are colorful light displays in the sky that usually occur over northern polar regions. Due to a huge solar storm on the Sun on Friday, the aurora could be visible much further south tonight. Your phone’s camera, can capture even more colors. Look north around after midnight.

Olivia Vinson just set a world record, for doing 7,079 pull-ups in 24 hours. The Australian woman trained for 3 months, then got injured on her first attempt. After some time off, she came back stronger than ever. Her record averaged 5 pull-ups per minute.

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London, is known for its lifelike sculptures of celebrities and historical figures. But the newest sculpture, is a beloved icon in Britain. There is now a wax replica of a sausage roll from the Greggs bakery, on display alongside the likes of William Shakespeare, Taylor Swift, and Captain Marvel.

There’s another corpse flower blooming, this time at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Lucy is a corpse flower that blooms once every 7 years, and smells like rotting flesh! The giant flower only lasts 48 hours, and opens at night. See the pictures on MoBot’s Facebook page, and be glad you don’t have smell-o-vision.

It’s Rocky Road Day! Rocky road ice cream and fudge is made with marshmallows, nuts and chocolate. No rocks. Speaking of fudge, it’s also Yell “Fudge” At The Cobras In North America Day. Since everyone knows snakes hate fudge, it’ll make them slither away in disgust. Yell “fudge” at noon, with the whole continent!