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NASA is planning to launch the next rover to Mars in 20 20, but it needs a name. They are asking kids in U.S. schools to help! Students must write an essay explaining why NASA should pick their name. If you have a good idea for a name, go to the mars.nasa.gov website, and enter!
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International Whale Shark Day celebrates the biggest fish in the world. It is not a whale, but it grows as big as one! Whale sharks can grow 41 feet long, but they eat tiny plankton. They have to travel great distances in tropical waters to find enough plankton to feed their giant bodies!
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Today is Frankenstein Day. Lurch around like Dr. Frankenstein’s creature, or read the original book, written by Mary Shelley. Maybe Frankenstein should have electrified marshmallows instead, since it’s Toasted Marshmallow Day! Have a bonfire, and roast one on a stick, or watch a marshmallow grow huge in the microwave!
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Employees at the Benesch engineering company in Pennsylvania, got 50 children to help set up a Hot Wheels track, which was 2,176 feet long! The track carried a toy car the full length, to set a new world record for longest Hot Wheels track. Would 1400 pieces of track, fit in your house?
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Personalized license plates can be fun. It’s a challenge to create a word or phrase using only 7 or 8 letters. Wendy Auger’s plates say something she’s told her kids for years: P-B-4-WE-GO! She’s fighting for the right to keep using it, after the New Hampshire Department of Motor Vehicles banned it for referencing excretory functions!
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A new energy system called the Eavor Loop, could be the key to generating unlimited electricity. It consists of 2 wells, drilled 2 miles deep and 3 miles apart, connected by pipes. The pipes circulate fluid heated by the Earth’s core. The geothermal project is being tested in Canada, but can be used almost anywhere!
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Lots of kids have made money, by setting up a lemonade stand. Since today is Lemon Juice Day, squeeze a bunch of lemons, and whip up your own batch of refreshing lemonade! Use the rest of the lemon in the kitchen. Rub half a lemon over baking soda to clean countertops and cutting boards!
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Today is More Herbs, Less Salt Day. If your food tastes bland, there are plenty of seasonings you can use to add flavor instead of salt. Fresh herbs like mint, basil, and rosemary are easy to grow in your kitchen window. Also, Inventor’s Month is nearly over. Have you invented something yet?
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It might be too early to think about Christmas, but is it ever too early to think about candy? The creators of Kale Candy Canes and Pizza Candy Canes, has just introduced a new flavor. How does a Hamdy Cane sound to you! Order the pink and white-striped, ham-flavored candy, from Archie McPhee’s.
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17 year-old David Ledbetter noticed people lined up to buy chicken sandwiches from Popeye’s, and saw it as an opportunity to help people get politically involved. He spent his morning helping people register to vote! The North Carolina teen is pre-registered to vote as soon as he turns 18. If you’ll be 18 by November, register now!
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