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Ghost gear is the term for fishing nets that are abandoned in the ocean. The nets dumped illegally by fishing companies cause animal entanglements, and make up 46% of the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The United Nations will start requiring tags on nets, to track and prosecute the ocean’s litterbugs.
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Engineer Igor Ashurbeyli is the head of Asgardia, the first ever Space Kingdom. Its motto is, “One Humanity, One Unity.” The nation has a flag, 250,000 citizens, and territory the size of a loaf of bread. Asgardia-1 is a satellite. It can’t support inhabitants, but it does hold uploaded selfies from its online citizens!
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Saliva is not just water. Your spit also contains chemicals that break food down, protect your teeth, and even taste food! Scientists found that taste can change over time due to chemical changes in your saliva. After a week of eating vegetables you hate, your saliva may adapt to make them taste better!
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Today is Toilet Paper Day. Before TP was invented, people used corn husks, rags, stones, or whatever else was handy to wipe themselves! You know who doesn’t need toilet paper? Dogs! Today is also Dog Day, so pamper your poochie, or play with a friend’s dog. Or just pretend YOU’RE a dog!
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Starting at 8 AM Friday, Dr. Andrew Torget began teaching his 14 week Texas history course. He plans to complete it today. Torget is attempting to give the longest college lecture ever, at 30 hours. It also requires that students stay awake and engaged. You can watch online, and see how long you would last!
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The Walt Disney Corporation is making a commitment to its employees’ educations. They announced that they’ll pay 100% tuition for both full and part time workers, to go to college or trade schools. They’ll even pay for books and materials! That means 80,000 Disney employees, just got the raise of a lifetime!
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A 6 year-old girl watched her mom order a Barbie doll online, as a reward for her. But when her mom left the room, Katelyn added $350 worth of toys! Instead of returning everything when the packages arrived 2 days later, Katelyn and her mom donated the toys to the Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah.
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What’s the strangest topping you’ve ever had on pizza? Rhino’s Pizzeria in New York offers a pizza with dill pickle slices on it! It looks delicious! You can get peanut butter on your pizza at Randy’s Wooster Street Pizza, or bananas at Red’s Pizza. The Industry Kitchen offers a 2000 dollar pizza topped with gold!
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Today is Banana Split Day, so here’s what you need to do: scoop 3 flavors of ice cream into your bowl, slice a banana lengthwise and put half on each side, then add chocolate, pineapple, and strawberry sauces, whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry. Now eat it all up! The banana makes it healthy!
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A Hawaiian family was swimming near Lanai, when they discovered a whale shark entangled in a fishing net. Joby Rohrer dove 50 feet down 5 times, to cut the 150 pound rope away bit by bit. The whale shark remained calm throughout the 45 minute process! Joby’s daughter towed the rope to shore to prevent any more harm.
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