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Today is World Sword Swallower’s Day. There aren’t too many places to watch sword swallowing, and we certainly don’t want you to try it, but it sure sounds cool! Try banana bread instead. It’s Banana Bread Day! It also tastes better than doggie snacks, but your dog can celebrate International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day!
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The Tyrannosaurus Rex has a reputation for being huge and ferocious. But new evidence suggests, it evolved from a much less fearsome dinosaur. T Rex’s ancestor, was smaller than a kangaroo! Moros intrepidus, named after the Greek god of impending doom, was a fast predator, that worked its way to the top, over 15,000,000 years.
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While Ryan Belcher was at the gym last week, he heard a car crash. He ran outside, and saw a man pinned beneath an overturned Jeep. 4 men were trying unsuccessfully, to move the car. But Ryan was able to lift the 2-ton vehicle, just enough to free the man! He’s a real-life Incredible Hulk!
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Adri Rachelle loves 2 things: animals, and Lord of the Rings. She’s an animal rescuer, and shares her home with 90 animals, with Lord of the Rings names. There’s Gandalf the Goat, Frodo the dog, and Bilbo Baggins the mule. Adri is running out of Middle Earth names, but she’ll keep making room for more animals!
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Plastic bags, bottles, and straws are just a few of the plastics polluting the Earth. Take a step to help clean it up, by not using those things in the first place! Today is Skip The Straw Day. If you can’t handle strawless drinking, get a reusable metal or bamboo straw to use instead!
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Today is Walking The Dog Day. Dogs love to go on walks, even if they a big fenced-in yard. They want to smell what’s going on in the neighborhood! It’s also good exercise for you! Just remember to bring a plastic bag, and be a responsible poop-picker-upper. Nobody wants to step in that stuff!
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Sometimes animals need human help. This week, a driver in Thailand stopped to rescue a kitten, stranded in the middle of speeding traffic. In Florida, firefighters chipped away to free a puppy, who’d gotten stuck in wet concrete. And in India, a reptile handler rescued a cobra, who was stuck in a beer can!
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Emus are large flightless birds, that are primarily native to Australia. But an emu has been spotted in Pennsylvania, and no one in the area is missing one. The emu wandered into Maclean Lunko’s yard, and followed her around like a dog. The emu eluded police, so it apparently just wanted to say hi!
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A team of astronomers has discovered, the Earth’s atmosphere extends beyond the Moon! Previously, it was believed the geocorona, which is too thin to easily measure, ended around 124,000 miles from Earth. The Moon averages about 240,000 miles away. The new data shows, the atmosphere reaches out 391,000 miles. That means humans have never left Earth’s atmosphere!
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Scientists in China have developed a water-purification system, that could bring clean water to people everywhere. They placed sheets of graphite carbon into a water container. When the sheets are exposed to the sun, they create compounds that get rid of bacteria. Researchers will send the portable water containers, to communities around the world.
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