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A 16 year-old Swedish girl has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Greta Thumberg has been speaking out, to protect the environment. She started with a school protest at the Swedish parliament, lectured at the UN Climate Talks, and has inspired schoolchildren all over the world to join in the Fridays-For-Future strike today!
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Beware the Ides of March. That’s today! But unless you’re Julius Caesar, you’re safe. Julius Caesar was a Roman leader, who was assassinated March 15th, in 44 BC. That line is from a play by William Shakespeare, when a soothsayer was warning Caesar that his life was in danger. It’s fun to say it ominously!
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Today is World Sleep Day, and World Speech Day. But please don’t sleep during someone’s speech! That’s just rude. Can you make someone so surprised, they can’t say anything? Try it, for Dumbstruck Day! It’s also Everything You Think Is Wrong Day. Don’t worry, tomorrow you can think you know everything again!
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Sanibel Island, in Florida, is home to lots of wildlife. The Sanibel Island Golf Course is frequently visited by alligators. American crocodiles have also been spotted on the island, and one has recently started hanging out, with the alligators on the golf course! It’s a great opportunity to spot the differences, between crocs and gators!
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One year ago, the first permitted 3D home was built in Texas. Now, using a Vulcan 2 printer, the people that built it, are beginning construction of 50 more homes, for poor families. Imagine, a whole neighborhood built with a 3D printer! Vulcan printers are being purchased around the world, so houses could pop up anywhere!
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There are a lot of rumors, about the Denver Airport, in Colorado. Some people think there are secret tunnels, cursed artwork, or even that lizard people live there! The airport decided to just roll with the bizarre conspiracy theories, and got a talking gargoyle. The animatronic gargoyle statue, has conversations with shocked travelers!
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Today is International Ask A Question Day. Go ahead, ask me anything! It’s also Learn About Butterflies Day, and Moth:er Day. Butterflies and moths are similar, but can you find out, what makes them different? It’s a good way to start Science Education Day! Squeeze in a snack; it’s Potato Chip Day!
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Math and pastry fans unite: it’s pi day! March 14th represents the first 3 digits of pi, an irrational number that never ends. Here let me show you while you eat some pie to celebrate! 3 point 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9 7 9 3 2 3 8 4 6 2 6 4 3 3 8 3 2 7 9 5 0 2 8 8 4 1 9 7 1 6 9 3 9 9 3 7 5 1 0 5 8 2 0 9 7 4 9 4 4 5 9 2 3 0 7 8 1 6 4 0 6 2 8 6 2 0 8 9 9 8 6 2 8 0 3 4 8 2 5 3 4 2 1 1 7 0 6 7 9 8 2 1 4 8 0 8 6 5 1 3 2 8 2 3 0 6 6 4 7 0 9 3 8 4 4 6 0….
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A man in Vancouver was playing his first round of golf for the season, and he filmed his own hole-in-one. It didn’t look like it was going to go in, after stopping near the hole. Then, an eagle landed and started messing with the ball, and finally dropped it in! Is that cheating?
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NASA has released a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope, that shows 2 galaxies smashing into each other! Actually, they’ve been merging for a long time. Astronomer William Herschel first spotted the galaxies in 1784, thinking it was a single oddly-shaped one. Our own Milky Way galaxy, will collide with the Andromeda galaxy, in 4,000,000,000 years!
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