There’s a Pebble in My Wheel

Getting a pebble in your shoe is annoying, but at least you can remove your shoe, and shake it out. The Mars rover Perseverance, doesn’t have that luxury. Photographs show a rock, stuck inside one of Percy’s wheels. It’s been there for over a month, but isn’t interfering with the rover’s exploration of Mars.

No Homemade Batteries In the Smoke Detector

Whenever the time changes, you know it’s also Check Your Batteries Day. It’s time to test your smoke detectors, to make sure the batteries are still working! Remind the adults to check them all, or install detectors if they’re missing. Just for fun, make your own battery, with aluminum foil, copper pennies, and salt water.

I Want My Hour of Sleep Back

Spring forward, fall back. Clocks moved forward one hour in North America, for Daylight Saving Time. It’s dark again when kids get up for school, but there’s more natural light in the evening to play outside! It’s good for businesses, and saves a little on electricity. But I’m still sleepy!

Cozy Ears

During World War Two, Dogs for Defense was formed. Today we honor dogs who served, with National K9 Veterans Day. It’s also Earmuff Day. 15 year-old Chester Greenwood invented earmuffs in 18 73. While you’re warming up your ears, celebrate Open An Umbrella Indoors Day. It’s only bad luck, if you don’t do it in an open area!

Identification Superpowers

Quick. How many comic book characters, can you identify? Nidhish VB, a 7-year-old boy from India, just set a world record by identifying 60 DC Comics characters, in 60 seconds. Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman might be easy, but it soon gets confusing. Do you think you could do better?

Amur Leopard Cubs Are Adorable

The Niabi Zoo in Illinois, has 2 new Amur leopard cubs. The cubs’ mom and dad, Iona and Jillin, are first-time parents, and part of the Species Survival Plan. Fewer than 100 Amur leopards remain in the wild, due to habitat loss in Russia from logging and farming. They are now protected!

Mean Green Pollution-Fighting Machines

Trees do a great job, cleaning our air and giving us oxygen. But did you know, indoor plants can also clear the air? Plants like peace lilies and ferns, are especially good at reducing nitrogen dioxide, a harmful pollutant created by burning fuel. Dirty air won’t have a chance, against a bunch of plants!

Connecting Past Generations

Do you know where your ancestors came from? Today is Genealogy Day, so it’s a good time to find out. Make a family tree, and ask your parents or grandparents, to help you fill in as many names as they remember. DNA tests can even show if you’re descended from Neandarthals.

A Big Zippered Pocket

The Girl Scouts were started in 1912. It’s Girl Scout Day, so buy some of their cookies! Carry them in a bumbag, because it’s International Fanny Pack Day! It’s also Plant A Flower Day. Plant some pretty perennials, which are flowers that return every year. If it’s still too cold, start some seeds inside.

That’s a Big Old Tooth!

Some fishermen in Massachusetts, netted an unlikely catch. They pulled up a 7-pound woolly mammoth tooth! The tooth is 11 inches long, and 12,000 years old. The captain of the New England Fishmongers decided to auction the tooth on eBay, and donate the money to World Central Kitchen, to provide food to Ukrainian refugees.

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