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Black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong, not even light can escape. Astronomers have discovered that the magnetic field around a black hole can help feed it, by trapping material like a giant cosmic net. Now they’ll study the effect the fields might have on galactic nuclei and their surroundings.
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Map Reading Week begins today. Paper maps and atlases are fascinating, and it’s important to learn how to read them. Which direction is North? What’s that squiggly blue line? Can you find your country on a world map, or your street on a city map? Get a trail map, and take a hike!
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How many buttons do you have on your clothes? Today is Count Your Buttons Day, so make sure they’re all firmly attached! Eat a delicious apple while you count, because it’s Apple Day! It’s also Reptile Awareness Day. Have you ever seen a lizard, snake, alligator, or turtle around your house?
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In 2008, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched. 10 years later, the Fermi team has located about 3000 sources of gamma rays, and created constellations from some of them. We can’t see gamma rays, but you can look at NASA’s website to view constellations like the Hulk, Albert Einstein, Starship Enterprise, Tardis, and Godzilla!
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Sainsbury’s, a supermarket chain in the United Kingdom, is introducing Talking Tables in their cafes. People who are lonely can sit at the tables to meet other people, and have an actual conversation instead of looking at their phones. Sometimes a chat with a stranger can turn your whole day around!
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If you want to get your hair cut by an experienced barber, you need to visit Anthony Manicelli in New York. He dropped out of school at age 11 to become a barber, and now he’s 107 years old! After 96 years on the job, he’s still cutting hair 40 hours a week and enjoying life!
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Have you ever waited so long to take a bath, you grew algae? I didn’t think so. The sloth does! It hangs upside-down in trees, moving incredibly slowly, growing algae for camouflage, and coming down once a week to poop. Start growing your fingernails into long claws, for next year’s International Sloth Day!
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Today is Bridge Day, but it’s not really about bridges. It’s about BASE jumpers, the people who jump off of them for fun using parachutes or wingsuits! BASE stands for Buildings, Antennas, Spans, (like bridges), and Earth, (like cliffs). For those less daring, it’s Suspenders Day. You can just hold your pants up!
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Bigjigs Toys in Folkestone England, chugged into the record books by building the world’s longest wooden train track. With the help of ARUP, an engineering company, they constructed a toy track over 2 miles long! It took them 3 hours to lay the track, and another hour to push a train along the entire length.
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A pony lucked out when he was spotted by a police officer in Texas. The pony had fallen into a storm drain! He called the fire department to the rescue. They cut through concrete with chainsaws, and used a harness to hoist the miniature horse to safety. He’s feeling fine, just a little hoarse.
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