Category: Kids News

Now that it’s getting colder, people are spending more time inside. Remember to stay safe from COVID, by washing your hands often with soap, and using hand sanitizer. It can protect you from colds and the flu as well. Wearing a mask indoors, also helps. Most importantly, get your COVID booster and flu vaccines.

Do you have an art gallery in your town? It’s Go To An Art Museum Today Day! You can also visit museums virtually. Check out the Guggenheim in New York, the British Museum in London, or the National Gallery of Art in DC, through ArtsAndCulture.google.com. Explore abstract paintings, hyper-realism, modern art, and old masters.

The world is a busy place, and waiting for the perfect moment to do something may never come. Just embrace the craziness, on Chaos Never Dies Day! Today is also World Freedom Day, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. Learn about the history of East and West Germany, and be thankful for freedom!

Carolina reapers are the hottest edible peppers in the world, measuring 2.2 million units on the Scoville scale of hotness. For comparison, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos are only around 50,000 Scoville units. Gregory Foster must have a stomach of steel, because he set a world record, by eating 10 Carolina reaper chilies, in 33 seconds.

Being a scientist sounds like fun. In one study, Samadi Galpayage, a behavioral biologist, created a playground for bumblebees. The buff-tailed bumblebees were given a choice of going directly to food, or traveling through an obstacle course first. They all chose the path that let them roll balls around. Apparently, bumblebees like to play!

Today is X-Ray Day. Have you ever broken a bone, or gotten dental X-rays? If you got a copy of your X-ray, take a good look at it. X-rays are a type of radiation, called electromagnetic waves. It takes pictures of the inside of your body, so doctors can look at bones, organs, and teeth.

Repeat after me. Rubber baby buggy bumpers. Now try, the sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick. It’s International Tongue Twister Day! After trying your favorite tricky phrases, prepare your worn-out tongue a spicy dinner, for Cook Something Bold And Pungent Day. Try a flavorful Indian curry, and fill your kitchen with delicious smells!

Today is Cappuccino Day, a delicious version of coffee made with espresso and foamy steamed milk. Speaking of steam, it’s also National STEAM Day, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. The day was created to inspire kids to explore those subjects, for possible careers in the future.

Dalton Meyer has mastered the art of applause. The 20-year-old set the world record, for fastest handclaps. Using a special wrist-clapping technique, he clapped 1,140 times in 1 minute! He got interested in speed clapping when he was in elementary school, and worked his way up to 19 claps-per-second.

A JC Penney store in a Pennsylvania shopping mall, temporarily closed for an unexpected visitor. A deer had come through the mall’s food court entrance, then ran into Penney’s. It wandered through the store to the dressing rooms, but didn’t try anything on. The deer was finally escorted safely back outdoors.