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Scientists think there are stars, with eyeball planets orbiting around them! Some planets might be tidally locked to their star, just like the Moon is locked to the Earth. The side that always faces the star would be hot and dry, while the other side would be icy. It would look like an eyeball!

In order to learn new things, sometimes you have to fail. A new study found that the best learning takes place, when you’re right 85% of the time. Does that mean an 85% is better than a 100% on a test? Nice try! Failure can help you learn, but the test proves you learned it.

Pie and hot chocolate are even better, with a tower of whipped cream sprayed on top! For Whipped Cream Day, try making your own. Simply put some heavy whipping cream in a jar, and shake it for a few minutes! Just don’t shake it too long, or it will turn into butter.

Today is Bird Day. There are around 18,000 different bird species! The largest non-flying bird is the ostrich, the kori bustard is the heaviest bird that can fly, and the wandering albatross has the largest wingspan at up to 11 feet! The bee hummingbird is smallest at 2 1/4 inches long. The Australian lyrebird sounds like R2-D2!

Sometimes when you check into a hotel, you’re really excited to use the pool. A hotel guest in Florida couldn’t even wait to get out of the car! They accidentally backed their car into the swimming pool at a Holiday Inn. Luckily, the passengers were able to escape, and no one was hurt.

Our Sun is just 1 of over 100,000,000,000 stars in the Milky Way galaxy. So how long would it take, to get to our nearest star neighbor? The Voyager 1 is fast enough to make the trip in only 80,000 years! Until Earthlings develop some faster spacecraft, we’ll have to be content to explore our own Solar System.

This week, the coral reefs around the island nation of Palau, will be breathing a little easier. Palau is the first country in the world to ban sunscreens that contain oxybenzone and octinoxate. Those chemicals damage the ocean’s coral reefs, and the animals that live there. Use sunscreens that don’t poison the ocean.

Today is World Braille Day. The Braille alphabet is a pattern of raised dots, so blind people can read by feeling the letters. Did you know LEGO makes Braille Bricks? The bricks also have the letter printed on each piece, so everyone can learn to read by touch. The LEGOs connect to regular sets.

Name 3 things celebrated on January 4th. Give up? One answer is Hypnotism Day, Spaghetti Day, and Trivia Day! Make up your own trivia questions and play with your family, while eating a spaghetti dinner. Then try to hypnotize someone and tell them to act like a chicken! You’re getting very, very, sleepy.

A 7-year-old boy was excited to get AirPods for Christmas, but he made the mistake of holding the wireless earbud with his mouth, and accidentally swallowedit! He was worried it would connect to his phone, and start playing music in his stomach. Doctors said to just leave it, to get pooped out naturally!