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Across Eastern Europe, it looks like Mars. In Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania and Russia, the snow is orange! It turns out there was a big sandstorm in the Sahara Desert. Fine particles of orange sand were lifted into the atmosphere, traveled over 2000 miles, and came back down mixed with snow!
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It’s National Spinach Day. I think someone was so annoyed with that, they decided to make up their own holiday, because today is also Make Up Your Own Holiday Day! I’m going to say it’s Talk Like A Robot Day. What holiday are you going to make up? Happy Whatever You Make It Day!
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Did you realize April Fools Day is in one week? You’d better start planning your pranks! Maybe you’ll fill a plastic Easter egg with slime instead of candy. Or maybe you’ll hide a whoopie cushion that makes fart noises to embarrass your unsuspecting victim. FYI, I do a great fart impression. Just ask me!
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LASER stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Change the “light” to “microwave” and you’ve got MASER. Masers were hard to use because they needed extremely cold temperatures. But researchers grew an artificial diamond that allows a maser to work continuously at room temperature! Now, what will they use it on first?
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An anonymous and very honest store clerk in Kansas just made someone a millionaire! The cashier found a lottery ticket on the floor and realized the unsigned ticket was worth $1,000,000! He called the store listed on the ticket and was able to deliver it to the winner who’d dropped it. Boy, was that guy happy!
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Yesterday, thousands and thousands of kids across both the United States and the world, participated in marches to end gun violence. Some kids also attended rallies supporting guns. Children like 11 year-old Naomi Wadler and high school senior Emma Gonzales gave powerful speeches asking the government to change gun laws. Kids can make a difference!
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Have you heard of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”? They are famous books written by J R R Tolkien. Today is Tolkien Reading Day! Start reading one of Tolkien’s stories, or have an adult read with you while you eat pecan waffles, because it’s also International Waffle Day and Pecan Day!
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Researchers in Norway are working on a way to prevent hurricanes: with bubbles. Since hurricanes form when water temperatures reach about 80 degrees Fahrenheit, they believe pumping a “bubble curtain” of cold water from deep in the ocean will help to cool the surface. Once the surface temperature cools, storms may lose power.
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“Uncle Jimmy” Teng is an ice cream man in Singapore. For the third year in a row, he’s celebrated his birthday by giving free ice cream to 1000 people! It might cost him a few hundred dollars, but it makes him so happy. The people of Kallang love their 72 year-old Birthday Boy!
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The Pantanal is an area of wetlands in South America that covers 42 million acres and houses 4700 plant and animal species. Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay just signed a Declaration to protect, preserve, and safely develop the Pantanal. The three countries recognize the importance of tropical wetlands and are doing their part to save them!
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