Category: Kids News

Beatriz Flamini is a Spanish mountaineer, who wanted to learn about the effects of solitude. She spent 500 days alone, in an underground cave. Scientists monitored her remotely, as she spent her time reading books, knitting, drawing, writing, and exercising. She lost track of time, thinking only 170 days had passed, instead of 500.

Elephants are the largest land mammals in the world. Their skin is an inch thick, they can weigh over 12,000 pounds, and they eat 300-600 pounds of food a day, with around 220 pounds coming back out as poop. But elephants are hunted illegally for their tusks, and losing habitat. Learn more, for Save The Elephant Day.

Today is Day Of The Mushroom. There are more than 10,000 kinds of mushrooms, but only around 600 are edible. If you see a mushroom in your yard, don’t eat it. It might be poisonous! Instead, buy mushrooms at the store, for your fungi feast. Save the wild mushrooms, for your photo album.

For people who work from home, it will be easy to celebrate Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day. For everyone else, be prepared to explain to everyone, that you didn’t simply forget to get dressed this morning! It’s also Orchid Day. There are over 21,000 varieties of these flowering plants. Happy orchid hunting!

10-year-old Tang Jinfan, has quick feet. He just set a world record for juggling a soccer ball with alternating feet, the most times in 1 hour. He kept the ball going for 8,147 touches. He hopes to play professional soccer someday, and play for China’s national team in the World Cup.

Astrophotographer Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau, captured a stunning image of the Sun last month. It shows a wall of plasma that shot up from the surface, 62,000 miles into space, which then cascaded back down like a waterfall. Scientists estimate the plasma was falling at speeds of more than 22,000 miles-per-hour!

Today is McDonald’s Day. Richard and Maurice McDonald opened a barbeque restaurant in 1940, and added the Speedee Service System in 1948, selling hamburgers at a counter for 15 cents. Ray Kroc bought their business, and opened his first McDonald’s franchise, in 1955. Now, you can visit Mickey D’s in more than 120 countries!

Take a wild guess what day today is. It’s Take A Wild Guess Day! Are you trying to guess how many jelly beans are in a jar? That’s the perfect time for a wild guess! It’s also Rubber Eraser Day. Erasers made from vegetable gum, were first used in 1770, and attached to pencils in 1858.

I’ve gotta record for sale here who’ll give me 1 dollar 1-dolla 1 dolla 1 here now gimme 2 2 2 dolla-two SOLD! For $2! It’s Auctioneers Day! Talk like an auctioneer and sell something to your friends. I pretended to auction a record, because it’s also Record Store Day. If you can still find one, visit it!

A high school physics teacher in Kenya, is giving new life to old laptop batteries. Paul Waweru collects enough of them to make a battery pack, then replaces the gas-powered engines in motorized scooters and bicycles. The electric vehicles cut down on air pollution, save money, and keep old electronics from going to waste.