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18 year-old James Meiergerd made the news this month when he nailed a trick shot at a basketball game. He made a backwards half-court basket! The Harlem Globetrotters have invited the Nebraska teen, who has Down syndrome, to be their guest when they play in Omaha. James is his hometown’s hero!
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Australian Feliks Zemdegs matched a world record held by Steve Cho when he solved a Rubik’s cube in 4.59 seconds. Feliks says he’s no math whiz; he just looked up some online tutorials on YouTube and got addicted. He started when he was 12 and has been improving his time for the last 10 years.
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When Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket this month, its payload included the Humanity Star. The satellite is a 65-sided carbon ball that looks like a giant mirrored Dungeons and Dragons die. It will orbit Earth for nine months and look like a shooting star. Annoyed astronomers are calling it space graffiti.
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Naked mole rats, found in East Africa, can survive 18 minutes without oxygen, are immune to cancer, and do not feel pain. They are mammals, but they’re cold-blooded and live in underground colonies with a queen and workers like ants. Researchers now discovered these supercreatures don’t age! Naked mole rats are awesome!
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What’s corny and chippy?
National Corn Chip Day! That’s also your first puzzle for National Puzzle Day! You could break some Fritos into pieces and make your own jigsaw puzzle. Then eat it before anyone else; let them make their own puzzle, ha ha ha! Have fun today in your own corny way!
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As the planet warms and glaciers recede, more ancient artifacts are becoming exposed. Archaeologists have discovered a treasure trove of more than 2000 objects on ice sheets in Norway. The relics include skis, weapons, bones and clothes, some dating back to 4000 BC. They’re doing their best to preserve artifacts as the ice melts.
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NASA has always wanted to get a close look at the sun. That will finally happen this summer when the Parker Solar Probe is launched. The probe will orbit within 4 million miles of the sun’s surface, flying inside the sun’s corona. It’ll have to withstand temperatures up to 2600 degrees Fahrenheit! Don’t forget the sunblock!
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Wouldn’t it be nice to eat a popsicle on a hot day without it melting all over your hand? Japanese scientists have developed ice cream that won’t melt even if it catches on fire! They found that by adding polyphenol, a chemical extracted from strawberries, they could make ice cream hold its shape.
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Australia’s got a little something stuck to its face. It’s a 1.7 billion year-old piece of North America! Geologists found that the sandstone in the Georgetown region of Australia matched rocks in Canada. They believe all the continents merged 1.6 billion years ago to form a supercontinent, Nuna. When they separated, that piece remained.
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Did you know it’s Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day? The engineers who invented bubble wrap first tried to sell it as wallpaper, then greenhouse insulation. It wasn’t commonly used for packaging until 1961. But I’ll bet people were popping it from the very beginning! Indulge in some bubble wrap popping today.
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