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Today is International Tug-of-War Day. It’s an ancient game of strength that used to be an Olympic sport, where 2 teams pull on a rope in opposite directions. The Vikings used to play tug-of-war over a fire pit! Give the winner a box of Thin Mints, because it’s also Chocolate Mint Day! Yum!
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Last week in Florida, a flashing light streaked through the sky, ending in a huge flare. It was a large meteor burning up in the atmosphere, and exploding over the ocean! Experts say it was probably a foot in diameter, and that it exploded with a force equal to 100 tons of TNT.
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A Jet Blue Airways flight from Puerto Rico to Florida, picked up one extra passenger Friday night. A baby boy was born during the 3 hour trip! Coincidentally, the name of the plane is “Born To Be Blue,” but Jet Blue will be re-naming it after its youngest customer ever, with mom’s permission!
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Ever since the Dundalk Ice Dome closed in 2010, kids in Ireland could only skate for 7 weeks in the winter, when seasonal ice rinks opened. The Flying Penguins youth hockey team was invited to Canada, where they met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau convinced Irish lawmakers to build a new indoor ice rink!
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A wave of blue swept through Lauchringen Germany on Saturday. It was a world record gathering of Smurfs! 2,762 people showed up dressed as Smurfs. In order to be counted, all visible skin had to be blue. Gargamel was not welcome. I wonder if they all sang a happy song together!
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Poor little Pluto. It used to be one of the 9 planets in our solar system, until it got down-graded. But at least it gets its own day to celebrate. Happy Pluto Day! It’s also Battery Day. Alessandro Volta built the first electrochemical battery in 1800. Count all the things in your house that use batteries!
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Rosemary Norwood and Sean Cadman just harvested a cabbage from their garden in Tasmania. Due to the wet spring and hot summer, as well as 9 months of keeping it safe from wallabies, the cabbage grew almost as big as Rosemary! She used it to make 2 weeks worth of coleslaw and salads for her guests!
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Jodi Hendershot’s brother won $10,000 in the Montana lottery. Then her friend won the $25,000 a year, Lucky For Life jackpot. Jodi figured with all the luck in the air, she’d start playing the lottery also. It worked, because she just won over $9,000! I wonder which one of Jodi’s friends or family will win next!
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What if all the plastic waste in the world, could be turned into fuel? Researchers have discovered a chemical process, that can convert polypropylene, a plastic used in toys and packaging, into gasoline and diesel fuel! They hope this will lead to increased recycling. Currently, most plastics end up in oceans and landfills.
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People living in apartments have had trouble getting their own solar power. That will soon change! Soligami is a new kind of solar panel, that can be placed in windows, and still let natural light pass through. The folded design is inspired by origami. It increases the surface area, to produce more energy.
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