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Rob Walker has a newsletter called The Art of Noticing. In the latest edition, he writes about Australian artist Michael Pedersen, who does street projects under the name, Miguel Marquez Outside. Michael created The Urban Weed Awards, and installed a fancy plaque and ribbon, celebrating the Tallest Weed! Notice the exceptional, in ordinary things!
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Does your school have a reading program that rewards you with free food? Chipotle restaurants give free meals as Reading Rewards, if your school or local library fills out an online application before the end of February. Ask your principal or librarian to start a reading challenge, so you can earn a burrito!
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Today is Lost Penny Day. It’s always lucky, to find money! Keep all the pennies you find in a little bank, and next year on Lost Penny Day, buy yourself a treat! It’s also Extraterrestrial Culture Day. Read a book or watch a movie, about aliens from another planet! E.T. phone home.
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The Go Creative Festival, in Almaty Kazakhstan, is serious about creativity. It featured students who had made a piano, out of bananas! The banana keys were connected to electronic components, then plugged into a computer. You just have to be careful not to play with too much force, or you’ll squish the bananas!
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Some chimpanzees at a zoo in Northern Ireland, showed off their smarts by escaping. They took branches that had fallen during a storm, and made a ladder to climb the wall of their enclosure. One wandered around the visitors, while the others stayed on the wall. They all soon returned on their own.
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Residents of Ireland and the UK can apply for an amazing job. Royal Caribbean International is hiring someone to travel the world, go on adventures, and take pictures to post on social media every day. The official job title is “Shore Explorer,” and it pays $135,000 a year! Someone will get the best job ever!
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A dog in Minnesota, named Midnight, is now nicknamed Lassie, after leading his human to a woman who needed help! Tim Curfman had noticed his dog acting strangely, so he followed Midnight outside. The dog led him to his 87 year-old neighbor, Noreen, who had fallen during the winter storm! Midnight saved her life!
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Did you dump your drink and make a big mess? Don’t worry. It’s Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day. Just calmly clean up the mess, and carry on with your day. It’s Get Out Your Guitar Day, so entertain someone with a tune. Maybe you’ll meet someone new, for Make A Friend Day!
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Would you want to live in a house made of poop? It might sound gross, but Australian scientists have devised a way, to turn the biosolids form wastewater treatment plants, into bricks! The sterilized poo-bricks take less energy to make, and keep houses cooler than clay bricks. They’d also keeps biosolids out of landfills!
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Positive Tomorrows is a nonprofit organization, that’s giving underprivileged children a unique opportunity. Homeless kids in Oklahoma City, are helping to design a new school just for them! It will have areas for students and their parents to prepare meals and eat dinner, and personalized spaces where they can hang out with friends. Awesome!
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