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I’ve gotta record for sale here, who’ll give me one-dollar, one-dolla-one-one dolla one-HERE now gimme-two-two-two dolla-two SOLD!, for two dollars! It’s National Auctioneers Day! Talk like an auctioneer and sell something to your friends. I pretended to auction a record, because it’s National Record Store Day! If you can still find one, visit it!
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A year ago, the Perlman family’s dog, Bruno, went missing in Ohio. He had gotten loose during a walk, and disappeared without a trace. This week, exactly one year later, the family got a call from the police in Florida. Their micro-chipped dog had been found, over 1,000 miles away! Bruno had quite an adventure!
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17 year-old Alex Dzaghigian, who lives in Cyprus, has broken a world record for the largest drawing by an individual. He wanted to increase awareness about protecting the environment, so he drew a picture of a turtle surrounded by plastic waste. The drawing measures over 3,486 square-feet! That must have been a gigantic sheet of paper!
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The kākāpō, or owl parrot, is a large nocturnal, flightless, ground-dwelling bird, that lives in New Zealand. Only 147 adult parrots are alive today. They only breed every 2-4 years, when the rimu trees produce lots of fruit for the new babies to eat. The good news is, 76 new kākāpō chicks have hatched this season! Yay!
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A couple in Australia, went to the Keep River National Park on a day trip, and their car got stuck in the mud. The park is home to many crocodiles. They spelled out the word HELP, in giant letters in the mud, which a plane spotted. They were rescued before any crocodiles found them!
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I hope you have beautiful weather wherever you live, because today is Bicycle Day. Enjoy the outdoors with a nice bike ride! If your spring still feels like winter, you can give your bicycle a tune-up instead. It’s also Garlic Day. Eat a loaf of garlic bread and celebrate your pungent breath!
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A teenager in New Zealand had a swinging good time, setting a new world record. 16 year-old Charlie O’Brien spent over 33 hours, swinging non-stop! He took seasickness tablets to settle his stomach. He decided to try for a world record because he thought it would be funny. Charlie swung his way to fame!
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Easter’s almost here; do you have your cheese egg yet? Sainsbury’s supermarkets are carrying Cheester eggs! The egg-shaped blocks of spreadable cheddar cheese, also come with a packet of oatcakes and chutney. The Cheesealicious Easter Egg is perfect for people who don’t like chocolate, or for people who like all their food to wobble.
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Workers on an oil rig in Thailand, were 135 miles from shore, so they wouldn’t have been surprised to see sharks or whales. Instead, they spotted a dog swimming toward their platform! They rescued the exhausted dog from the ocean, and named him Boonrod. The mysterious sea-pup is now recovered, and happy on land!
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Cotton candy is just spun sugar, so it’s super-sweet. Someone must have thought it needed a tangy twist, because you can now buy, dill pickle cotton candy! Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, sells old-fashioned candy and loads of bottled sodas, to go with their melt-in-your-mouth pickles!
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