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In Australia, a cow named Knickers is getting lots of attention. That’s because he’s 6 feet 4 inches tall! The giant Holstein-Frisian steer stands a full foot-and-a-half taller than any of his other cow friends. He originally got his name because his best friend, a Brahman steer, was named Bra. Bra and Knickers go together!
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Around 310 million years ago, all the continents on Earth formed one supercontinent, named Pangea. The continents are on pieces of the Earth’s crust, called tectonic plates, which are slowly moving all the time. Scientists predict that in another 200 million years, the continents might all be touching again. You’d only have to learn one continent!
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Douglas Thisera is the Mangrove Master. In his home country of Sri Lanka, he has planted over 2 million mangrove trees! For the last 16 years, Douglas has placed saplings in many locations, to prevent deforestation. Mangroves, which grow in salty water, help preserve shorelines, and provide a habitat for many fish and animals.
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Clear out a big space and get 7 more people, because today is Square Dancing Day! 4 couples form a square, then perform the moves that a caller calls out. Bough to your partner, do-si-do, then eat a box of candy for Chocolates Day! It’s not a square dance move, but it will be yummy!
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A new look at the famous cave paintings at Lascaux, created more than 15,000 years ago, may be signs of humans doing astronomy. Researchers believe the figures in the paintings symbolize constellations, and might represent an important celestial event, like the Taurid meteor showers. Other cave paintings around the world, also suggest prehistoric star-gazing.
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On Monday, NASA’s InSight successfully landed on Mars after a 300 million-mile trip from Earth. InSight stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport. The little robot has a 2 Earth-year mission, to learn how the Earth was formed. That will be only one Martian year and 40 Martian days, or sols.
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Want to win $3,000,000? Reinvent the air conditioner. Sir Richard Branson is offering a Global Cooling Prize, to inspire inventors to create a new AC unit, that has 5 times less environmental impact. India is also backing the competition, since the nation’s residents will buy 1 billion air conditioners in the coming decades. That’s a cool contest!
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In Northeastern Brazil, researchers have discovered a city that may be 4000 years old, and the size of Great Britain. It’s remained hidden because it’s a termite city. The system of 200 million termite mounds, some up to 10 feet high, are connected by tunnels. The amount of soil excavated, is like 4000 Egyptian Pyramids!
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Today is National French Toast Day. Some people call them bread-eggs, because you make them by soaking slices of bread in a milk and egg mixture, before cooking them on a skillet. You can add cinnamon and vanilla, and sprinkle with powdered sugar when they’re done, or pick your own toppings!
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The English Football Association is serious about their soccer rules. After a referee forgot his coin in the locker room, he couldn’t decide who would kick-off with a coin toss. Instead, he asked the captains to play rock-paper-scissors before the Women’s Super League match. That earned the referee a 3-week suspension!
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