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Today is Superhero Day, the perfect day to dress up as a superhero, and go see Avengers: End Game. Then read something by Shakespeare or Dr. Seuss, Maya Angelou or Shel Silverstein, or another favorite poet. It’s Great Poetry Reading Day! And we can’t forget Blueberry Pie Day! Just don’t stain your superhero costume.
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In California, there’s a new hero on the neighborhood watch. Security cameras captured footage of a burglar trying to break into a man’s car. Suddenly, a coyote showed up, and chased the thief away! I’ve heard of a watch dog before, but a watch coyote sounds even more effective!
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Shh! Be very quiet! Gordon Hempton is on a mission to save the sound of silence. He travels around the world, recording rare sounds, including silence! It’s increasingly difficult to find places that are completely free of human noise. His organization, Quiet Parks International, hopes to create hundreds of parks, protected from noise pollution.
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The next time you’re looking for a hotel in Boise, just look for the giant potato. Idaho is famous for its potatoes, so the perfect hotel room is inside a spud! The Big Idaho Potato Hotel is a charmingly furnished, 28-foot-long, plaster-and-steel potato in the middle of a field. I’d love to stay there!
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Once upon a time, a tapir used his great sense of smell, to locate all the devil dogs Mom had hidden in the kitchen. He ate them, then washed the crumbs off in the pool. The End. It’s Sense Of Smell, Pool Opening, Devil Dog, Tell A Story, and World Tapir Day! Start celebrating!
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Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot. That’s the code for SOS, the international signal for help. It’s Morse Code Day. Morse code assigned a pattern of short and long taps to each letter, to communicate by telegraph before telephones were invented. Use it to send messages by flashlight, or tapping on your desk.
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You might have smelled an accident yesterday, before you saw it. A semi truck crashed on Interstate 80 in California, and spilled its cargo of frozen dinners all over the road. 30,000 pounds of frozen food needed to be cooked, which was handy since the truck caught fire! Luckily, no one got hurt.
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Cole Favro has been going to Golisano Children’s Hospital for years, to treat his cystic fibrosis. Since he has to transfer to an adult hospital now that he’s 18, he painted a message on his windows saying, SEND PIZZA. 18 different pizzas were delivered by people who saw the message, for a thank you pizza party!
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Elementary school students Eric and Isa had a great idea, after Eric’s brother was nearly hit by a car at a crosswalk. They worked with the Center for Citizenship in Medford Massachusetts, to paint the crosswalk to look like it’s 3D! The lines look like they’re rising from the ground, to make drivers stop.
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Trees are awesome. They clean pollution out of the air, and produce oxygen for us to breathe. They are food and shelter for wildlife. Trees give us shade, flowers, fruit and nuts, and wood. Today is Arbor Day, created to encourage everyone to plant a tree. What kind of tree will you plant?
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