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The biggest supermarket chain in the United States, Kroger, is going to get rid of plastic grocery bags. Starting with the Pacific Northwest in 2019, they will phase out single-use bags by 2025 in all Kroger, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, and Ralphs stores, eliminating 6 billion plastic bags per year. Just start using reusable totes now!
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Scientists have found a fossilized baby horse in Siberia. The foal is nearly perfect, looking like it could be sleeping. It was only 2 to 3 months old when it died in the Paleolithic period, 30 to 40,000 years ago. The permafrost in Siberia always stays below freezing, perfectly preserving and mummifying specimens.
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Birds build their nests using found materials, from sticks and moss to plastic bags and cigarette butts. Scientists in Mexico found that birds were actually using cigarette butts to repel parasitic ticks! Studying house finches, they found the birds added butts only to nests with live ticks. They knew the cigarettes were pesticides!
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Today is Vesuvius Day. Mount Vesuvius is the volcano in Italy, that destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD. Create your own volcano and make it erupt, while listening to unusual music for International Strange Music Day! You can make music from anything. Today is also Waffle Day. What’s your favorite flavor, blueberry or chocolate chip?
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Water skiing takes balance. Water skiing in pyramid formations with 79 other people is quite another level! The Rock Aqua Jays Water Ski Show Team, the Webfooters, and the Aquanuts, all got together to ski their way to a world record. Their 80-person water skiing pyramid formation is the largest one ever!
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The University of Miami’s football team, the Hurricanes, has new jerseys to wear this season. Parley for the Oceans, an ocean conservation group, partnered with Adidas to produce the shirts from recycled materials! The yarn was made from fishing nets and other plastics collected from the ocean. That’s creative recycling!
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Billy Browne’s cat, Rufus, was upset because Billy had to give him painful ear medication for 2 weeks. Rufus didn’t trust him anymore, so Billy built him a huge castle out of cardboard boxes to make up for it! Rufus loved the living room-sized cardboard castle, his ears are healthy again, and all is forgiven.
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Everyone knows washing your hands is smart, especially after going to the bathroom. But surveys consistently show that only 67% of people do it! Yuck! Even a quick rinse in water is better than nothing, but the ideal way to wash your hands is to lather up with soap, wash for 20 seconds, and dry.
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Today is National Sponge Cake Day. This light and airy cake is perfect with a cup of tea! Maybe it will make you feel light and airy enough to rise into the sky! It’s also Ride The Wind Day, so go hang gliding! Or maybe just fly a kite.
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Allan Ogle’s son was upset over his first soccer game as goalie. The team may have lost 11 to 0, but Harrison also made plenty of great saves. His dad posted clips of his saves to Twitter to cheer him up, and people all over the world sent him encouraging messages, including famous soccer players!
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