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If you live along the Canada-United States border, you might get a glimpse of the Northern Lights Tuesday night. The aurora borealis are beautiful colored lights in the sky. They occur when electrically charged solar particles hit Earth’s atmosphere. The energy from the collisions is released as light! Enjoy the show!
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Knock knock. Who’s there? Boo. Boo who? Aw, don’t cry! It’s just Tell An Old Joke Day! Ask grown-ups to tell you their favorite old jokes, so they get passed on to the next generation. It’s also Drive-Thru Day. Be lazy and order dinner from the car! And tell the cashier an old joke!
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The world’s largest supported papier-mache sculpture is an elephant, but 3 times bigger! A wildlife conservation group commissioned the sculpture, by U Myint and Arkar Kyaw, to draw attention to Myanmar’s shrinking elephant population. The black elephant sculpture is 21 feet tall and 7 feet wide. That must have been messy to build!
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We live in the Milky Way galaxy, orbiting our Sun on one of its spiral arms. Galaxies can be seen in groups or clusters. And those clusters can gather into superclusters, millions of light years wide. Astronomers have discovered a supercluster 4 billion light years away. The Saraswati supercluster’s mass is like 20 million billion suns!
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A good way to stand out in a crowd, is to run a race backwards. Farai Chinomwe, a South African beekeeper, runs ultra marathons backwards to raise awareness about honeybees. He owns a bee removal service called Blessed Bee Africa, and gives advice on how to nourish pollinators, and start beekeeping.
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Police in Cape May, New Jersey caught a trespasser sneaking through yards, and took him down to the station. But instead of getting his mugshot, they took a pugshot! The suspect was a runaway dog, and they circulated the pugshot on social media. The pug’s owner spotted him, and bailed Bean out with cookies.
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Today is Gorgeous Grandma Day! Remind your granny how beautiful she is, or look through old photos to see her through the years. Then have a scoop of ice cream- but nothing fancy. It’s National Vanilla Ice Cream Day! It’s also Peanut Butter And Chocolate Day. Dip that chocolate bar in the peanut butter jar!
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It seems like everyone should know by now. Don’t leave your dog in a hot car. But dogs are saved from cars around the world constantly. Remember: dogs can’t sweat, so their body stops functioning in as little as 6 minutes. Even if it’s only 70 degrees, or if the windows are down, don’t leave your dog!
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A professor in Wisconsin is approaching math in a new way. Sara Jensen is teaching a class called “Mathematics of Knitting” at Carthage College. Abstract algebra, topology, and rubber sheet geometry, subjects taught in advanced mathematics, can be demonstrated using knitting. Plus, you end up with nice scarves or pillows!
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The High Trestle Trail Bridge, in Madrid Iowa, used to be a railroad bridge. When the trains stopped running, the tracks were turned into a trail for hikers and bikers. At night, special lights turn it into an optical illusion, making it seem like you’re riding through a vortex, or a time machine!
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