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Astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth yesterday, after spending nearly 11 months in orbit. Her 328-day mission, was her first spaceflight, and the longest ever by a woman. She and 2 crewmates from the International Space Station landed in Kazakhstan, in the Russian Soyuz capsule. The highlight of Koch’s mission, was the first all-female spacewalk.

Can you name all the elements? If you said no, you just named Nobelium, number 102 on the Periodic Table of the Elements! Today is National Periodic Table Day. The chart arranges all the chemical elements by atomic number, properties, and electrons, into groups and rows that make sense. There are 118 known elements, for now!

When you see your neighbors today, don’t just give them a nod. It’s Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day! Then go leaping and twirling down the sidewalk, because it’s Ballet Day! Take a break from dancing, to make a card for someone, since it’s also Send A Card To A Friend Day!

Finley is a golden retriever with his own Instagram account, and a big mouth. His family in Canandaigua New York, is working on getting his unique habit recognized as a Guinness World Record. The talented dog can fit 6 tennis balls in his mouth at once! With cheeks like that, FinnyBoyMolloy must be part chipmunk.

Football player Derrick Nnadi, a Kansas City Chief, celebrated his Super Bowl win by paying the adoption fees, for all the animals at the KC Pet Project in Kansas City  Missouri. Now, the Coors Light company is offering to pay for 1000 dog adoptions in the USA. Valentine’s Day will be full of puppy love!

Seeds from date palm trees that were alive 2000 years ago, are still able to grow today. Hundreds of seeds were found in caves in Israel. Scientists planted 32 of them, and 6 seeds successfully sprouted. The plants were named Adam, Boaz, Hannah, Jonah, Judith, and Uriel. Now they can learn more about ancient agricultural practices!

Peninsula Open Space Trust, recently shared a video of unusual animal friends in California. A playful-looking coyote is seen waiting for his pal, a badger. The adorable pals walk off through a tunnel. Although it looks like a scene from a movie, coyotes and badgers often hunt in pairs. They work well together!

Today is National Frozen Yogurt Day! T C B Y and 16 Handles will give you a free frozen yogurt today, and Yogurtland will give you one between 4 and 7 pm. Check your favorite frozen yogurt store, to see if they have any specials today. So much frozen yogurt, so little time!

Last week, police in Canada received a report of a child crying for help in the woods. They came out to investigate, and found out it had been a goat, that got his head stuck in the fence. The goat had already been rescued. He was just kidding around. Get it? Ha ha ha.

A woman took a video of a crab stealing her empty coffee cup, on Christmas Island. He scuttled away with it gripped in his claw, waving it in the air. Maybe he was doing his part to clean up the beach, or perhaps he just wanted a few drops of coffee!