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Have you ever taken a book from a Little Free Library? 75,000 tiny houses full of donated books have popped up all over the world. Todd Bol started the non-profit in 2009, so that people could always have access to a good book. He estimates 54 million books will be shared this year!
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Don’t ask Sprice Machines for a glass of lemonade, unless you’re willing to wait a long time for it. The chain reaction engineer team made a machine that drops a lemon in the kitchen, causing chain reactions to travel all through the house, patio, and backyard. A fun 7.5 minutes later, your lemonade is dispensed.
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In Ipswich England, a child eerily singing, “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring,” kept waking a woman up in the middle of the night. Authorities tracked it down to a loudspeaker at an industrial park. The recording was meant to scare off thieves, but spiders crawling across the motion detector kept activating it. Talk about creepy!
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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has booked a flight around the moon, aboard SpaceX’s Big Falcon Rocket in 2023. The rocket is still under construction. Maezawa wants to take 6 to 8 artists with him, free of charge. The art they create, after seeing the moon up close, should be out of this world!
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Get ready! Today is, Get Ready Day! Make sure your family is prepared for a crisis, by stocking first aid kits, testing flashlights, and discussing evacuation and emergency plans. Then get ready to read! It’s International Read An E-Book Day. Many libraries have e-book programs, or visit freekidsbooks.org online to get started.
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Can you run 13 miles per hour? Could you keep up that speed for 2 hours? Eliud Kipchoge just broke the world record by running a marathon, which is 26.2 miles, in 2 hours, 1 minute, and 39 seconds! The 33 year-old Kenyan’s ultimate goal is to run a marathon in less than 2 hours. I hope he succeeds!
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In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars: rapidly spinning stars the size of a city, but with the mass of the sun. The 24 year-old grad student’s discovery received the Nobel prize, but it was awarded to her advisor. Now, Burnell’s been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, $3,000,000, and long overdue recognition for her work!
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Solar and wind power are abundant in California. When they have too much, they send excess energy to other states, because they have no way to store it. But extra energy could pump water to Lake Mead, to be released as water power through Hoover Dam. The dam would become a giant battery!
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Narwhals, the unicorns of the sea, are usually found in the Arctic. But for the last 3 years, one narwhal has been seen hundreds of miles south, swimming with beluga whales. Although they are different species, the belugas have adopted the narwhal into their family group, and they all play together!
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Today is National Apple Dumpling Day! Peeled and cored apples filled with butter, cinnamon and sugar, are wrapped in dough. After they bake in the oven, they’re like balls of delicious apple pie! It’s also Locate An Old Friend Day. The internet makes it easy to find your old friends, and keep in touch.
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