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Clarence Birdseye patented flash freezing food and started the frozen food industry. My freezer thanks him today, on National Frozen Food Day! I wonder if I have any Oreo ice cream left in there; it’s also National Oreo Cookie Day! If your name is Oreo Birdseye, you’re in luck- it’s Unique Names Day, too!
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The new Apple headquarters in California looks like a spaceship, with lots of glass walls and doors. There may be too much glass, as employees keep walking into them! Squeaky clean glass has caused multiple calls to 9-1-1. Apple employees might also be paying more attention to their iPhones . Look out for that wall!
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Don’t you love when a cat kneads your lap with its paws? As kittens, they did that to their mom to get milk. As adults, they are making a nice soft spot for a nap, and marking you with the scent glands in their paws because they don’t want to share you!
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The Canadian government celebrated Canada’s 150th anniversary last year by giving everyone free admission to all of their national parks for the year. Now they have permanently changed admission fees to give all children 17 and younger free access. What a great way to show kids from around the world the natural beauty of Canada!
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Don’t ask Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi to read you a bedtime story. He just broke the world record for Longest Marathon Read Aloud by reading for 120 hours! The event took place in Nigeria, starting on World Book Day and ending 5 days and 17 books later! I hope he got to take bathroom breaks.
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My name, Alexa, means defender of man, helper; it comes from the Greek Alexandros. Look up your name today to see what it means. It’s Fun Facts About Names Day! Even more exciting, it’s National Cheese Doodle Day! Grab a bag and get ready to lick cheese dust off your fingers. Yum yummy yum-yum-yum!
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LEGO is trying something new. They’ll be making their building bricks out of plant-based plastic. LEGO wants to be 100% sustainable, which means they won’t deplete the Earth’s natural resources. Trees and plants will be the first pieces created from the new plastic, made from sugarcane instead of oil. But don’t eat them!
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Kasey Stewart and Julie Berry know how to fill a 4-day weekend. They traveled to all 7 continents in 92 hours, even after a 20-hour flight delay between Chile and Antarctica due to a snowstorm! They stopped in Sydney, Dubai, Cairo, Frankfurt, Toronto, Santiago and Antarctica. Now they have to recover from extreme jetlag!
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Talk about putting your money where your mouth is! Comfort Restaurant in Richmond Virginia, co-owned by Chef Jason Alley and Michele Jones, now donates all of its net profits to help fight hunger! They partnered with FeedMore, a hunger relief organization serving central Virginia. Eat delicious food at Comfort, feed strangers. It’s a win-win!
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The world jack jumping championships are taking place today at Mount Snow, Vermont. Jack jumping is a crazy sport where you strap a seat to a ski, stick your legs straight out, lean back, and fly down a snowy slope. Known as Skibock in Europe, the first jack jumps were makeshift transportation for loggers.
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