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Today is Gobstopper Day! If you like your candy to last a long time, get a giant jawbreaker, also known as gobstoppers. The candy ball is too hard to bite, so you can lick it for weeks instead. It’s also Cream Filled Doughnut Day, so stop by the doughnut shop to choose your favorite!
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A woman in Las Vegas Nevada just set a world record for largest hula hoop spun by a female. Getti Kehayova spun a hoop that was over 17 feet in diameter! The hoop only circled her body 3 times, but she had to wear a protective vest to protect her ribs because it was so heavy!
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In Bristol England, Steve Smith had a can of bean for dinner. Yes, that’s right. He opened a can of Heinz beans, but it only had one bean in it! The rest of the can was filled with bean juice. The average can holds 465 beans, so I’m sure Heinz will give him a refund!
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A new program in the Philippines combines 2 great causes: cleaning up the streets, and feeding the hungry. The village leaders in Bayanan will trade a kilogram of rice for every 2 kilograms of plastic waste. In August, people brought in 471 pounds of plastic, which was then recycled. They hope the program will expand everywhere!
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Some people think Friday the 13th is bad luck, and that the full moon makes people a little crazy, or brings werewolves. Since today is Friday the 13th, and tonight’s a full moon, it’s a good thing it’s also Defy Superstition Day! Walk under ladders, open umbrellas indoors, and step on all the cracks!
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Okay kids, what are we having for dinner tonight? It’s Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day! I suggest preparing something with peanuts and fortune cookies, because it’s also Peanut Day, and Fortune Cookie Day. If you spill something, you’re in luck. It’s also Blame Someone Else Day. It must have been your pet’s fault!
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Don’t loan David Rush your pencil. He just set a world record for snapping 98 pencils in one minute! Now he has 196 short pencils. He practiced using chopsticks so he wouldn’t waste so many pencils. David also holds the world record for number of world records, with more than 100 accomplishments to his name.
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If you look on YouTube, you’ll find lots of videos of seagulls stealing people’s food. Bold birds will swipe a hot dog or ice cream cone right out of your hand, or walk into a store and snag a bag of chips! Scientists discovered a simple way to stop them. Just stare at them!
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6-year-old Vivian Lord wanted to know why they only make little Green Army Men, so she wrote the company a letter. She complained that she’d seen pink army men, but soldiers don’t wear pink, and they still weren’t women. The company’s president agreed, so starting next year, BMC Toys will start making Green Army Women!
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The weather radars picked up unusual activity in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana yesterday. The cause was swarms of dragonflies! Sometimes, millions of dragonflies fly in one direction together for unknown reasons. Other times, they congregate in one area to eat insects. Dragonflies are cool, but would be fun if they’d detected flying dragons instead!
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