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Dominic is a 10-year-old with a kind heart. For the last 3 years, he’s collected pajamas and books, to give to children in shelters in England. He started his website, Doms-pyjamas.co.uk, to make sure that kids who were going through hard times, could still have fresh pj’s and good books to read on Christmas Eve!

The Parker Solar Probe is NASA’s mission to study the sun. The probe has flown closer to the sun than any other spacecraft, and is giving scientists lots of information to understand. They’ve already been surprised by solar wind activity, found evidence of dust turning into gas, and learned about space weather!

Library cards are like a pass to the world, because you can read books about anything. But if you live in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, your card can do more than check out books. Your library card can reserve tickets to science centers, museums, or botanical gardens, that usually charge an entrance fee! Check it out!

Today is Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day! What period in time would you like to visit? But before you go, celebrate Brownie Day, just in case brownies weren’t invented yet. It’s also Choral Day. Form a chorus with your family or friends, and sing all your favorite songs from the future!

Coca-Cola is releasing the best packaging ever. There will be 8000 bottles of Coke, with Star Wars characters on the labels. The amazing part is, their lightsabers will actually light up! Unfortunately, the limited edition will only be released in Singapore, at random secret locations. I don’t think anyone will be recycling those bottles!

Florida doesn’t make you think of snow. But next year, the Sunshine State will get its first alpine snow park! Snowcat Ridge will have a snow tubing hill and a huge snow play dome, where Floridians will finally get to build snowmen and have snowball fights! All of the fun, without shoveling sidewalks!

Every winter, streets are treated with road salt and chemical de-icers. They help keep the roads clear of snow and ice, but they cause billions of dollars of damage, and aren’t good for the environment. Scientists have discovered that a de-icer made from grape skins, salt brine, and agricultural waste, works even better!

When Macinley Butson was 16, she started researching the side effects, of radiation cancer treatments. The Australian teen found that copper could protect skin from radiation. She created a flexible shield, by weaving copper scales together like medieval armor. Her Scale Mail for Radiation Therapy, or SMART Armor, reduces excess radiation exposure by 75%!

Today is Cotton Candy Day! Spun sugar has been around since the 15th century. It’s also known as fairy floss or candy floss. Maybe that’s because confectioner John Wharton and dentist William Morrison invented the first cotton candy machine. Don’t floss your teeth with cotton candy or you’ll need to see a dentist!

A dog in Britain surprised her family, by having a few more puppies than they were expecting. Instead of having 6 or 8, pups, she gave birth to a litter of 21! She’ll need lots of help to keep them fed. MJ is a Great Dane/ American Bulldog mix, so the big litter will grow up fast!