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Last week, the French Spider-Man climbed one of London’s tallest buildings, the Heron Tower. Alain Thompson has illegally climbed many of the world’s tallest structures, including the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building, without using ropes or safety gear. After reaching the top, he was arrested for being a public nuisance!
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Hungarian researchers have confirmed that Two clouds of dust are orbiting the Earth. The Kordylewski clouds are stuck between the competing gravitational fields of the Moon and the Earth. These spots are called Lagrange points. The dust trapped there is too faint to photograph, but polarimetry could detect the whirling clouds 250,000 miles away!
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Archaeologists have uncovered 19 black wooden statues in the citadel ruins of Chan Chan in Peru. Some of the statues, which are 27 inches tall, and 700 to 900 years old, are wearing clay masks. They are believed to be guardians, lining the corridor to the courtyard. Chan Chan was the capital city of the ancient Chimu culture.
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Today is Internet Day. It’s hard to imagine living without the internet. I wouldn’t be able to give you the Kids News! And how would you watch cat videos today, to celebrate Cat Day? Give your cat all his favorite treats, and learn a few cat phrases, like “meow-meow,” and “hiss!”
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If you were in Sarajevo 2 days ago, you may have smelled pancakes. 140 Balkan chefs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Slovenia, cooked up a record-breaking 14,186 pancakes! Visitors to Sarajevo’s tourist fair got to eat some, and the rest were delivered to orphanages, senior centers, and migrants. pancakes for everyone!
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Have you ever wondered why cities have so many pigeons? 10,000 years ago, people used to eat rock doves, the ancestors of today’s pigeons. They encouraged doves to roost on their land by feeding them. Later, pigeons were used as messengers or pets. Today, 400 million pigeons live on buildings instead of cliffs, eating human food!
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Drivers of electric vehicles sometimes worry about finding a charging station. But the Sparkcharge company plans on making it as easy as ordering a pizza. A phone app will allow drivers to order a charger delivery. $20 worth of electric charge will last them 100 miles. Sparkchargers are also 14 times faster than home electric vehicle chargers!
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The first Hyperloop tunnel, an underground high-speed transportation system, is scheduled to open to the public on December 10th. The system will carry passengers under Los Angeles, at speeds up to 155 miles per hour! The day after it opens, free rides will be offered. If you’ll be in California, go check it out.
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Chocolate lovers, today is your lucky day. It’s National Chocolate Day! People have been eating chocolate, made from the seeds of cacao trees, since at least 1900 BC. Be sure to watch some cartoons while you enjoy your chocolate, because it’s also Animation Day. You could even make your own stop-motion animation video!
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You never know what you’ll find at the thrift store. Someone recently donated a framed newspaper to a Goodwill store in the United States. It was from 1774, before the American Revolution! The staff at Goodwill had it authenticated, and believe it’s probably worth around $18,000. What a generous donation!
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