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In the Northern Hemisphere, today is the longest day of the year, known as the summer solstice. At the North Pole, the sun will be shining for 24 hours! In Earth’s Southern Hemisphere, however, today is the winter solstice, with the fewest daylight hours. The South Pole won’t see the sun at all!
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Here’s a summer job that sounds fun: Hotels.com is looking for someone to travel the United States researching “the most epic hotel pools.” The chosen poolhop, will be paid $10,000 plus travel and hotel expenses, to visit 6 amazing pools, and document their experience for the hotels.com website. Sounds like hard work!
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A new species of mollusc was discovered in the Philippines. The Lithoredo abatanica is a type of shipworm, that eats rock, and poops out sand! It’s a 4 inch-long, worm-like creature that’s related to clams, but without the shell. The freshwater creature burrows into stone, and creates places for other animals to live.
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When you let a balloon go, whether you mean to or not, you’re littering. Volunteers have picked up 18,000 balloon pieces from the shorelines of the Great Lakes in only 3 years. Imagine how much is still in the water, and scattered around the world! The balloons also kill seabirds. Keep balloons out of the sky!
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For American Eagle Day, let’s learn about the bald eagle. The North American birds get their distinctive white-feathered heads around age 5. They pair up for life, and work on the same nest every year. The largest nest was 20 feet deep and nearly 10 feet wide. That would be roomy enough for their 7 foot wingspan!
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You’ve been sitting in the dark too long. Back away from the computer and video games, and go for a walk outside. It’s Hike With A Geek Day! Afterwards, have a nice cold milkshake, or maybe a chocolate soda. It’s Vanilla Milkshake Day, and Ice Cream Soda Day! Yummy!
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Did that mailbox’s shadow have a mouth? Artist Damon Belanger likes to make people do a double-take. He paints shadows next to ordinary objects on the streets of Redwood City California. A bike rack could be casting a flower or robot shadow, while a bench’s shadow looks like a cat. What a fun surprise!
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4 years ago, Stuart and Cedar Anderson invented the Flow Hive. The Australian father-son team’s creation was a beehive with a tap, so you could turn on a flow of honey whenever you needed some. It doesn’t disrupt the bees or destroy their honeycombs. They’ve now shipped over 51,000 beehives. It’s easy to be a backyard beekeeper!
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Another supermarket chain is pledging to do its part to help the environment. By 2025, 100% of Aldi products will have compostable, reusable, or recyclable packaging. Customers will have to be responsible, and do those things! Aldi has already kept billions of plastic bags out of landfills and oceans, since they’ve never supplied single-use grocery bags.
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June 19th, 1865 was a momentous day in United States history. Now known as Juneteenth or Freedom Day, it marks the date that the last enslaved people were freed in Texas. Learning more about slavery helps us understand the importance of emancipation, and inspires us to treat all humans equally, and with respect.
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