Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Peanut Butter And Chocolate Day, Vanilla Ice Cream Day, and Sprinkle Day, so those can be your ingredients for the perfect dessert! Make an extra ice cream concoction, covered in colorful sprinkles, and give it away for Gorgeous Grandma Day! Grandmas everywhere will approve, and they’ll love that you made it yourself!

Birdwatchers in Michigan are getting a rare treat, by observing a roseate spoonbill. Wildlife officials say the bird, which is usually found in Florida, the Caribbean, and further south, has never been seen in the wild in Michigan before. They believe it either escaped from a zoo, or is very confused.

An undersea volcano was discovered near Christmas Island, that looks like the Eye of Sauron, from Lord of the Rings. When a volcano collapses, it forms a caldera that looks like a crater. More lava can bubble up in the center, forming a new peak. The resulting sonar image, looks like an evil eye!

A street performance group called Improv Everywhere, had a little fun with some random people in New York. They put a sticker on the ground that said, “Stand here for dance party.” Whenever anyone stood on the circle, 100 dancers would surround them with a boombox, for an instant celebration of music and dancing!

A tiny frog ended up at an animal rescue in Australia, which was very fortunate. He’d been hiding in some eucalyptus brought in for the koalas, but he had a big hole through his skin. Since the frog was only 2 centimeters long, the veterinarian was able to sew him up with a single stitch.

Is it going to be another hot day where you live? Forget about exerting yourself, and just spend the day relaxing in a hammock. It’s Hammock Day, as well as Mango Day. Slice up a sweet chilled mango, to eat while you’re hanging around. Make sure everyone gets a turn!

Physicists have created the world’s thinnest magnet. The material is only 1 atom thick! Unlike other 2-dimensional magnets, it can work at room temperature. The magnet was made by combining graphene oxide, zinc, and cobalt, then baking it in a vacuum. The result is a flexible magnetic film, with endless possibilities.

How would you like to get paid, to poop? A university student in South Korea, invented a toilet that turns poo into energy. After students use the BeeVi toilet, a vacuum pulls feces into a composting tank to be turned into biogas. Users are rewarded with digital currency, that they can spend on snacks.

Global warming is causing frozen areas of the Earth to melt, uncovering fascinating specimens from the past. Moss that was hundreds of years old, and 42,000-year-old-roundworms, were still alive after they thawed out. Scientists discovered 15,000-year-old viruses, in melting glaciers in Tibet. They’re studying other microbes deep in the ice, before heat releases them.

The launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard was a success yesterday, as it took 4 private citizens to space and back. The flight lasted less than 11 minutes, but cost its first paying customer nearly $30,000,000 for a ticket. That customer had a scheduling conflict, so they gave their seat to 18-year-old Oliver Daemen instead.