Around the World Charlie

This month, 18 year-old Charlie Condell became the youngest person, to cycle around the world unassisted. He started off in Bristol England 8 months ago, and rode his bike 20,000 miles, through 20 countries! His bicycle and belongings were stolen in Australia, inspiring people to help him with new gear. Around the World Charlie starts University in September!

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Eat Like a Hobbit

Today is Tolkien Reading Day. Settle down with Lord of the Rings, or The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Since Hobbits love to eat, enjoy a stack of waffles while you read! It’s also Waffle Day, as well as Pecan Day. Whether you say pea-can or pea-khan, the nut is delicious, especially in waffles!

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A Dog’s Seeing-Eye Dog

Golden retrievers make great seeing-eye dogs, to help blind people get around. But sometimes a dog is the one who needs help! Adam and Chelsea Stipe’s retriever, Charlie, lost his eyesight. But when the Stipes got a puppy, named Maverick, the newest family member became Charlie’s guide dog! Now they walk everywhere together!

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Adidas Kicks The Plastic Habit

Last year, Adidas made more than 5,000,000 pairs of shoes, out of plastic cleaned up from beaches and oceans. They also made football jerseys from recycled materials. Adidas stores no longer use plastic bags, and they plan to use upcycled plastic in 11,000,000 pairs of shoes this year. That’s one way to kick ocean pollution!

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Chewy Chocolate

Raisinets have been around since 1927. Every hour, more than 1,000,000 are produced. How many do you think you could eat in an hour? Today is Chocolate Covered Raisin Day, so indulge yourself! You can pretend they’re a healthy snack. After all, they are full of fruit!

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Marvel-ous Job Opportunity

Does this sound like a job for you? CableTV.com is looking for someone to watch 20 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in a row,  from Iron Man, to Ant Man and the Wasp, while live-tweeting the experience. The winning binge-watcher will get $1000, all the movies on Blu-ray, and some Marvel stuff. Sounds Marvel:ous to me!

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Just Say No to Polystyrene

Maryland may soon become the first state, to ban polystyrene containers. Styrofoam is a particularly harmful form of plastic, because it can’t be recycled. It breaks into pieces easily, so you can’t even re-use it, and the pieces litter the environment. There are much better alternatives. Good riddance to styrofoam rubbish!

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