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Singer Katy Perry, has designed a pair of shoes that might make you hungry. The sneakers are called The Munchie, and they look like hamburgers! The brown shoes have sesame seeds on top, a green lettuce ruffle, and cheese, mustard, and ketchup stripes. You’d have to forgive a puppy, who ate your hamburger shoes!
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There’s a new cafe in India, that could be completely recycled. Except for the kitchen, the entire restaurant, from walls and light fixtures, to tables and chairs, is made of cardboard! Mumbai’s Cardboard Cafe also serves serves organic, locally-sourced food. Tables are coated in wax, so they won’t collapse if you spill your drink.
Is your dog afraid of fireworks, or thunderstorms? Ford Motor Company might have a solution. Noise-cancellation technology used for vehicles in Europe, is part of a quiet kennel design for dogs. It’s like a soundproof tent, to keep your dog stress-free during storms or firework celebrations. Unfortunately, they’re not for sale yet. Sorry poochies!
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Today is Speak In Complete Sentences Day. Your parents will be so surprised when they ask how your day was, and you don’t just answer, “Fine.” It’s also Smile Day. When you give someone a smile, they’ll usually give you one in return. Collect a bunch of smiles, and spread some happiness around!
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An ice-cold glass of lemonade is perfect on a hot summer day, but if you really want to impress people, make it change color! An ingredient called butterfly pea flower, can make your lemonade turn purple, pink, or indigo. You make a tea with the flowers, then pour into lemonade, for a colorful show!
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Luo Wenjun is the best leaf blower in China. No, I don’t mean cleaning up the yard; he blows on leaves to make music! He has been playing leaves for 30 years, and even gives private lessons. A leaf is the cheapest instrument in the world, but you’ll have to get a new one often!
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Do your ever go to a restaurant, and your meal has a sprig of parsley on the plate? It’s not just for decoration. Parsley has tons of vitamins, antioxidants, iron, and other nutrients. You’d have to eat over 7 cups of lettuce to get the health benefits in 1 cup of parsley. Eat a parsley salad!
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When 15 and 12 year-olds Isabelle and Katherine Adams learned that many girls around the world could not get an education, because they have to spend hours getting clean water every day, they decided to help. The sisters started Paper For Water, and make origami ornaments to raise money. They’ve already raised $1.5 million for water projects!
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Today is Hole In My Bucket Day. Learn the classic song about Henry’s bucket, and Liza’s advice to fix it. Then sing it all day long, and drive everyone crazy! It’s also Water A Flower Day. Make sure all the plants are getting enough to drink. I hope your bucket holds water!
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Be on the lookout for some out of this world Oreos next month. Oreo is releasing a limited edition Marshmallow Moon cookie, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing! The package will glow in the dark and have stickers, and the cookies will have moon, astronaut, and space shuttle designs.
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