Category: Kids News

Every day of the year, is also some weird holiday. Did you ever wonder who makes them up? Today’s your chance to name the day, because it’s Make Up Your Own Holiday Day! I’m going to say it’s Talk Like A Robot Day, and also No Bedtime Day. How about you? Happy Whatever-You-Make-It Day.

Today is Spinach Day. Popeye used to eat it from a can, to get stronger, but it looks more appealing in a salad! It’s also Purple Day, started by 9 year-old Cassidy Megan, to increase epilepsy awareness. Epilepsy affects 65,000,000 people around the world. Wear purple to show your support!

Many people enjoy relaxing in a hot tub. Apparently, so do bears. Todd Trebony was renting a cabin in Tennessee, with an outdoor hot tub on the patio. He looked out the window, and saw a black bear climb into the water. The bear watched the beautiful mountain sunrise, while enjoying a nice soak.

In 1951, Ester French set her wallet on a ledge in the gymnasium, at Poquoson Middle School in Virginia. It fell through a hole, where it sat for 70 years. Workers renovating the school, recently found the wallet after demolishing the gym. 85-year-old Ester was shocked to get her long-lost wallet back. It still contained 85 cents!

Losing your favorite toy on a trip is sad. 2-year-old Hagen Davis, left his Buzz Lightyear action figure on a Southwest Airlines plane. Employees went to infinity and beyond to reunite them, after finding Hagen’s name on Buzz’s foot. They shipped Buzz home in a cardboard shuttle, along with photos of his airport adventures.

Long ago, cheetahs weren’t only found in Africa. The big cats also roamed across Asia, from Turkey to India. They were hunted to extinction in India in the 19 50’s, but the country is ready to welcome cheetahs home. They hope to relocate 40 cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa, and protect them as they repopulate.

Today is Tolkien Reading Day. Settle down with Lord of the Rings, or The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien. Since Hobbits love to eat, enjoy a stack of waffles while you read! It’s also Waffle Day, as well as Pecan Day. Whether you say pea-can or pea-khan, the nut is delicious, especially in waffles!

16-year-old Torri’ell Norwood, passed her high school’s CPR class, which taught her lifesaving skills. The next day, she and 3 passengers were in an accident, when a speeding driver crashed into her car. When she realized her friend A’zarria Simmons, had no pulse, Torri’ell started chest compressions. A’zarria soon regained consciousness, thanks to her BFF.

Did your bicycle ever get a flat tire? A new type of tire, could make flats a thing of the past. The SMART tire company is using technology developed by NASA, to make strong elastic tires, that never go flat. If the material is good enough for a Mars rover, it’ll definitely handle potholes.

Archaeologists have been studying a 46,000-year-old tooth. The molar once belonged to a Neanderthal man in his 30’s. They found a groove on the side of the tooth, indicating the prehistoric human used a toothpick to clean food from between his teeth. The early dental tool, was probably made of bone or wood.