Category: Kids News

David Rush, who holds more than 250 world records, set a T-shirt folding record with a team of co-workers in Las Vegas. Each person on the relay team of 12 raced forward to fold one shirt perfectly, then ran back. After 10 attempts, they’d achieved a new record of 2 minutes, 19 seconds.

Boomerangs are aerodynamic sticks, designed to return to you when thrown the right way. But a good hardwood boomerang, can also be used to dig, hammer, start fires, or sharpen bone or stone objects. Archaeologists believe boomerangs were used by Australia’s First Nations peoples for stone-knapping, to chip away the edges to shape tools.

Roses are red. Violets are blue. Some poems rhyme, but this one doesn’t. It’s Bad Poetry Day! Write a really bad poem for fun. It might be so bad, it’s good! It’s also Fajita Day. When you order a fajita you get your own sizzling pan of veggies, and tortillas to wrap them up!

When you eat a banana, don’t throw away the peel. Did you know you can eat them? They can be dried and ground up into flour, and used for baking. Banana peels can be turned into fake bacon and pulled peel pork, or used in curries. If that sounds too hard, just compost them.

I’d like you to get out a number 2 pencil. Don’t worry, it’s not for a test. It’s just Number 2 Pencil Day! The number indicates how hard the graphite core is. Softer number 1 pencils are used by artists for drawing, and harder number 3 pencils, are used by architects and engineers.

Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day. Black cats are least likely to be adopted. One ridiculous reason, is that they’re not as photogenic! Consider giving a black kitty a good home. It’s also Thrift Shop Day. Be good to the Earth, and reuse what other people no longer need. Plus, it’s a bargain!

Last year, billions of periodical cicadas emerged from the ground after 17 years, filling the air with their song. But you might still be hearing cicadas. Some species of annual cicadas, emerge later in the summer every year. The big bugs are all harmless, so just enjoy their singing.

6,000,000,000 trees are cut down each year, to make everything from cardboard to toilet paper. A European company gives trees some relief, by making paper out of dead leaves instead. Releaf Paper uses leaves from city trees, collected from streets and clogged sewers. One year of fallen leaves in Paris, produces 3,000,000 paper bags.

Knock knock. Who’s there? Interrupting duck. Interrupting duh-Quack-quack-quack-quack-quack! Ha ha ha! It’s Tell A Joke Day! You can ask me to tell you a joke, so you can learn some good ones! It’s also Rollercoaster Day! Are you brave enough to ride the Steel Vengeance? It has a 90 degree drop. That’s straight down!

Have you ever heard thunder, while at the pool? The lifeguards make everyone exit the water, because a lightning strike would conduct electricity through the whole pool. That’s why you should also avoid taking a shower or washing dishes during a thunderstorm. Electrical and telephone cords can also provide a path for lightning.