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Today we celebrate National West Virginia Day. When Virginia seceded from the Union during the time of the Civil War, the western part refused to join the Confederates and formed the 35th state of West Virginia instead. Okay, you learned something. Now you’re excused to enjoy National Goof Off Day! Have fun!
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Centenarians, or people who are at least 100 years old, have been breaking world records right and left! 102 year-old Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins and 100 year-old Orville Rogers both set speed records for their age group in the 60 meter dash over the weekend. Roy Englert, a relative youngster at age 93, also set a world record in the 3000 meter race.
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The ocean’s twilight zone has low light. The deep-reef areas just beneath highly studied waters are so full of previously unknown species of fish that researchers have renamed ocean zone levels. The sunlight, twilight and midnight zones are now split into altiphotic, mesophotic, rariphotic and deep aphotic zones. The ocean is still vastly unexplored!
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If you’ve ever looked up your house on Google maps, you know it can be fun to explore the streets using Street View. The city of Odate in Japan sent Akita dogs Ako, Asuka and Puuko to roam the streets with cameras. Now you can see the city of Odate using Google Pup View!
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Fiona Presly of Inverness Scotland has a tiny fuzzy pet. It’s a bumblebee! She noticed a bee with no wings in her garden last spring. The bee crawled onto her hand happily, and Fiona adopted her knowing she wouldn’t survive the winter on her own. Fiona and Bee’s friendship is a mystery to scientists!
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Do you say thank you? And hold the door open for someone behind you? Do you RSVP to party invitations? (That means Respondez S’il Vous Plait, french for Please Respond.) These good manners are called common courtesies, and it’s National Common Courtesy Day. Thank you for the baguette, to also celebrate National French Bread Day!
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What would you do if you had 2 million dollars to spare? If you said “buy a dinosaur skeleton!”, then start saving your money! A fossil Allosaurus will be auctioned off at the Eiffel Tower in Paris this June. The skeleton is about 70% complete and is 29 feet long. I hope you have a big bedroom!
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Congratulations to Bethan Padbury, a British teen who won the Guinness World Records: Science and Stuff Inspire Award at the Big Bang Fair in England. She produced electricity to light up a sign using a bicycle and a homemade generator. You could also smell a recreation of the smelly corpse flower at the fair!
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An idea that started in Cape Town South Africa has spread to France, Canada, and North Carolina in the United States. People are setting up Street Stores for the homeless. Anyone can donate clothing, shoes or even jewelry by hanging it in a designated area where people in need can shop for free. What a great idea!
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Do you want to visit the happiest country in the world? According to this year’s World Happiness Report, Finland has the happiest people, including its immigrant population. The United Nations ranks every country based on income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity. Denmark, Switzerland and Norway were past winners.
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