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In Berlin Germany, taking care of trees has become a community project. An app called Water Your Neighborhood, displays a map with locations of the city’s 900,000 trees. Users can adopt a tree, and water it when the tree turns orange on the map. It helped the city stay green throughout the hot summer.
There’s a new world record, for heaviest pumpkin ever. The gargantuan gourd, named Bagheera, weighs 2,856 pounds. Twin brothers Ian and Stuart Paton have been growing gargantuan gourds in England, for 50 years. Ian sometimes spent 6 hours a day tending to his li’l pumpkin, which drank 130 gallons of water per day!
Have you ever heard of Ada Lovelace? She was one of the first computer programmers. She and Charles Babbage, created an Analytical Engine, in 18 33. Ada’s “Sketch of the Analytical Engine, with Notes from the Translator,” was published in 18 42. 100 years later, it inspired Alan Turing’s work on the first modern computers. Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
Today is M&M Day. The candy-shell covered chocolates, first introduced in 1941, were named after their creators, Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie. Do you prefer plain, peanut, or one of the limited edition flavors, like Thai coconut or jalapeño? At mms.com, you can order customized M&Ms, with your own photos and favorite colors!
Today is Train Your Brain Day. Everyone knows exercise helps to keep your body healthy, but brains need exercise too! Try doing sudoku or crossword puzzles, solving brainteasers, playing trivia games, or learning to say hello in every language. Your brain gets bored when you don’t use it. Entertain your brain!
What do you like to collect? You might save interesting rocks, Pokemon cards, Barbie dolls, or Lego sets. You’ve already learned the first step, for Savings Day! Decorate a can or box if you don’t already have a piggy bank, then start collecting spare change. Count it every month, and watch your savings grow!
It’s Old Farmer’s Day, and a perfect way to celebrate is to find a local farm and pick a pumpkin! Do you have a vegetable garden? You’re a farmer too! It’s also Moment of Frustration Scream Day. How do you cope when you’re frustrated? Sometimes a good scream, can let off steam.
A day off from school or work this holiday, traditionally celebrated Columbus Day. More recently, the holiday has shifted to Native American Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Columbus came to a land already inhabited by 50,000,000 people, and treated them badly. The people that were already living there, are the ones we honor today.
If you were at the New York Comic con last Thursday, you may have noticed an awful lot of Spider-Man fans. They were actually attempting a world record, for the largest gathering of people dressed as Spider-Man. Sadly, they fell just short of enough participants to break the current record of 685.
The Sea Life Aquarium in Minnesota, had some pretty cute visitors last week. A rescue group called The Bitty Kitty Brigade, took a dozen orphaned kittens on a field trip, to see all the fish. The annual excursion gives the kittens enrichment and the chance to socialize, getting them ready for adoption.