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Today is National Hard Candy Day. Most hard candy is just boiled sugar, with flavoring and color added. Peppermint and lemon flavored drops were used for stomach ailments long ago. Butter rum LifeSavers are my favorite hard candy. What about you? It’s also Oatmeal Muffin Day. It’s great for breakfast when you’re running late!
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The deer are at it again. A deer in Ohio got caught in a soccer net, and neighbors had to cut the net to release it. In Wisconsin, a deer got trapped in the basement at a construction site. And in Florida, police investigating a suspected burglary, found a deer stuck in the bathroom!
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In New Zealand, even the killer whales are friendly. Playful orcas, a type of dolphin, surrounded swimmers at Hahei Beach. The orca family swam around in circles, perhaps wanting their baby to get to play with a funny-looking human for the first time!
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It’s hard to believe, but sometimes entire truckloads of food get dumped in landfills. The Indy Food Network started the Food Drop Program. Now, if a shipment gets rejected by a supermarket because of errors or delay, the drivers can donate the food to food banks. Drivers donated 90,000 pounds of food in only 6 months!
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When a woman in Pennsylvania was attacked by a black bear last week, a tiny animal saved her life. Her chihuahua, who is also named Bear, started biting the bear until it let go of Melinda. Both Melinda and her brave little dog, are recovering from their injuries.
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Today is Bake Cookies Day! Let me tell you my favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies. Mix one cup of sugar, and one cup of peanut butter, with one egg. Press balls of dough with a fork to make a criss-cross pattern. Bake at 350 degrees, for 10 minutes! Don’t forget to save some for me!
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Baloo the cat probably wasn’t planning a trip, when he hid in a box. But the box he picked, was sealed up and shipped from Nova Scotia, to Alberta Canada. The delivery driver discovered the stowaway cat 700 miles into the trip! Baloo is now home, safe and sound after his adventure.
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When Barbara Branch stopped at the store, to buy supplies before a snowstorm in North Carolina, she also bought a lottery ticket. Instead of bread and milk, she ended up with $100,000! She plans to use the money to make home repairs. That was one person who was definitely thankful for the storm!
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The comet 46P/Wirtanen, is also known as the Christmas comet, and is currently passing close to Earth. Last night it was closer and brighter than it will be for hundreds of years, but don’t worry if you missed it. The comet will be visible for another week or 2, in the night sky!
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A firefighter in Massachusetts has been dressing up like Buddy, from the movie Elf, and getting random strangers to have pillow fights with him. Brendan Edwards walks around Boston with 2 pillows, tosses one to a likely victim, and says “pillow fight!” It makes people laugh and have fun!
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