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10-year-old Ryan Hickman visited lawmakers in Washington DC last month, to push for a new recycling bill. He wants the United States to have standardized recycling labels, to make recycling less confusing. They will reduce garbage contamination of recyclables. Ryan should know, because he started his own recycling company when he was 3!

When Risto Mattila visited Hailuoto Island in Finland last week, he was surprised to see the beach covered in large balls of ice. Ice balls are formed when pieces of ice are rolled around by wind in rough waters. Some were as big as soccer balls! Look up “Finnish ice balls” to see photos!

NASA’s powerful Hubble telescope, has spotted a galaxy in the constellation Aries. It’s twice as big as our own Milky Way. Unlike our galaxy, it does not have a bar of bright light through the center. It’s classified as a peculiar galaxy, because it’s stretched out, and has one twisted and distorted spiral arm.

M I C, K E Y, M O U S E! It’s Mickey Mouse Day! The most famous mouse in the world made his debut 91 years ago. It’s also National Princess Day; sounds like the perfect day to go to Disneyland! Today is Apple Cider Day too. Cold or hot, it’s delicious!

A flight from Moscow Russia had to be delayed last week, because of a stow-away pigeon! The bird got into the passenger compartment, and had to be removed before the plane could take off. I guess even when you have wings, sometimes you just want to fly in comfort!

Lots of kids have little red wagons, but you usually need someone to pull you in it. Not Kevin Shaller. He and his team put a motor in a Radio Flyer wagon, and raced it on a track in Illinois. It reached a top speed of 30 miles-per-hour, breaking the world record!

States of matter are the different forms in which matter can exist. The 4 most common ones are solid, liquid, gas and plasma. Other states can only be created in a lab. Physicists have discovered a new state of matter. Special pairs of electrons that usually conduct or block electrical currents, can exist in-between.

I’m going on a trip, and I’m going to bring, chocolate! A recent survey of Americans found, the top road trip foods were pretzels, chips, and candy. The places most people wanted to go were National Parks, like the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone. The most necessary items, were snacks and phone chargers.

Today is Homemade Bread Day. Find an easy recipe and start baking! While you wait for the dough to rise, you can go for a walk outside, because it’s also Take A Hike Day. If you have any energy left, try making baklava, a flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey, for Baklava Day!

Oh deer. A Walmart in Ohio saw a bit of a commotion, when a deer came in to shop! The deer looked confused, and couldn’t find her way out, so customers and employees worked together to catch her. They helped her outside, where she ran off to a cornfield. She didn’t even buy anything!