Category: Kids News

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race took place Sunday, where Formula One race cars make 200 laps around a track. The winner, Felix Rosenqvist, finished in 3 hours, 5 minutes, and 9.6471 seconds, beating David Malukas by 0.0233 seconds.  Their average speed of 162 miles-per-hour, much faster than the first Indy 500’s, 74 miles-per-hour, in 1911.

Today is International Plastic Free Day. If you go to the store, bring reusable bags, or carry it without a bag. Count all the things in plastic containers at your house. Are you recycling them when you’re done? It’s hard to go plastic free, by try to do it for at least one day.

How far would you go for a hunk of cheese? In Brockworth England, an annual race sends people down Cooper’s Hill after an 8 pound wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. The hill is so steep, it’s almost a cliff, and nearly impossible to stay on your feet. Cheese-rollers have bounced and rolled in Gloucestershire for 600 years!

Today is Tap Dance Day, but don’t worry if you don’t have tap shoes. You can make your own, using hot glue, and 20 pennies! Glue 6 pennies to the bottom of each shoe on the toe area, and another 4 to the heel. Let them dry for an hour, and you’ll be ready to tap!

A towel is the most important thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have, according to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” Today is Towel Day! Don’t panic, just carry a towel. It’s also Geek Pride Day. For example, be proud of being a Star Wars geek who knows the name of every single character!

Today is Memorial Day in the United States. Previously known as Decoration Day, it honors those who have died while serving in the military. The holiday also marks the beginning of summer, when pools and amusement parks open. Some lucky students have even finished the school year by now!

Today is Escargot Day, the French word for snail, so let’s learn about these great gastropods! Some snails have lungs, and some have gills, but all have coiled shells. Their tongues, called radula, are covered with thousands of microscopic teeth. The largest land snail was more than 15 inches long, with a 10-inch shell.

Today is Scavenger Hunt Day. Here’s a list of things to find: an ant, 2 spoons, a dried-up leaf, a purple flower, a black sock, 3 pennies, a nail, a stick, mustard or ketchup, a blade of grass, a toy plane, and a paintbrush. Who will be first to find everything? What will the prize be?

Today is Tiara Day, so become royalty for the day, and wear your fanciest tiara or crown. Make your own crown jewels with rhinestones, or weave flowers into an all-natural tiara. Plus, it’s Brother’s Day. Stop fighting over who gets to be king, and hug your brother! You can each rule your own domain.

When a man in California spotted poop on the roof of his guest house, he could tell it wasn’t from a bird. He looked around for the source, and found a mountain lion staring right at him. The man quickly went inside, in case the cougar wanted to poop in peace.