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In Ohio, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium welcomed a baby Masai giraffe! He was Lulu’s first baby, and they are both doing well. Imara, at the Phoenix Zoo, also had a new giraffe calf! Masai giraffes can grow to be close to 20 feet tall. They are found mainly in Kenya and Tanzania.
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The major planets in our solar system orbit the sun on the same plane, called an ecliptic. That means all their orbits line up. But the dwarf planet Pluto, orbits on a different plane, at an angle. For the first time since 1931, Pluto’s orbit lined up with the other planets! It’ll happen next in 2179.
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! It’s National Ice Cream Day! And Gummi Worm Day! And Tapioca Pudding Day! Concoct a dessert using all 3 sweet treats and serve it to your family. After all, it’s also National Give Something Away Day, and everyone loves a free dessert!
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How would you like to make a peach cobbler with just one peach? The world’s largest peach was harvested on a peach farm in Georgia. A normal peach might weigh one third to one half a pound. This juicy peach was bigger than a softball, and weighed 1.8 pounds!
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If you find yourself filled with stress and anxiety, there might be an easy way to reduce it. Just write about something good for a few minutes! Research has shown that writing about positive experiences each day, even for just 2 minutes, can decrease anxiety. Make it part of your daily routine!
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Cynthia Strunk lives on the beach in Mississippi, where she’s seen many weddings take place. When she saw a wedding getting ruined by a huge thunderstorm, she told the bride, Dulce Gonzalez, to have it in her house instead! She quickly decorated, and hosted a beautiful wedding for grateful strangers. That was so nice!
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Elon Musk is best known for sending reuseable rockets to space, inventing the Tesla automobile, and developing hyperspeed underground trains. But he’s also using his innovative ideas to help communities in need. He provided solar batteries to Puerto Rico, and has pledged to replace any water pipes in Flint Michigan still contaminated with lead.
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Chaos! Ruckus! Commotion! It’s all good on Pandemonium Day! Enjoy a little noise and excitement by yelling, “Shark!” at the beach! Just kidding, please don’t cause panic. Instead, yell “Sharks are awesome!” because it’s Shark Awareness Day. You are 20 times more likely to get killed by a cow than a shark!
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82 year-old Shridhar Chillal from India, finally cut his fingernails. He’d been growing them since he was 14! He has held the record for longest fingernails since 1979. Shridhar had them cut at Ripley’s Believe It or Not in Times Square New York, where they’ll be on display. The nails average around 6 feet long!
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The father-son team of Phil and Anthony Butler’s company, Mars Bioimaging, unveiled a new kind of X-ray scanner. It records energy levels of the X-rays as they hit each particle in your body, then translates them into color. They are also 3 dimensional. 3D color X-rays of your broken arm would be awesome!
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