Author: Lisa Mungovan

2 farmers in Colombia, hold the new world record for the heaviest mango. The enormous fruit weighed in at 9.36 pounds, which is 20 times bigger than the average mango! After taking a mold of the record-breaking fruit, so that they could make a copy of it, they shared a mango feast with their family.

A couple in Las Vegas wanted a pool in their backyard, but they received an archaeological treasure instead. When workers were digging the hole, they found 14,000-year-old bones. The fossils probably belonged to a horse or other large Ice Age animal. After the skeleton is excavated, they’ll continue building the pool.

Around 3 AM Sunday morning, the Crew Dragon spaceship Resilience, returned its 4-passenger crew back to Earth, after 6 months on the International Space Station. The capsule landed in the Gulf of Mexico, carried by 4 parachutes, in the first night-time splashdown in over 50 years. The mission commander joked that the astronauts had earned 68,000,000 frequent flyer miles.

Imagine a worm, whose body branches out like a tree, and each branch, has a butt at the end. That worm actually exists! The Ramisyllis multicaudata, lives underwater, with its head buried deep in a sea sponge. Sometimes a branch will grow eyes and a brain, and break off to become a new worm.

Today’s going to be fun! It’s Two Different Colored Shoes Day! Walk proudly in your mismatched shoes. No need to be normal. Besides, it’s Paranormal Day! Celebrate the strange things that can’t be explained by science, by watching Ghostbusters or Harry Potter. Then relax in the garden, because it’s Garden Meditation Day. Chill out!

Reagan and Ricardo Razon, are 17-year-old twins from North Carolina. The seniors have a big decision to make, after getting accepted into 15 different top universities, including Harvard, Yale, and MIT. They also received over $1,500,000 in scholarships. After attending school together their entire lives, they’re trying to make their college choices separately. Great work twins!

Microplastics are tiny particles of plastic that end up in everything, including the water you drink. Scientists are exploring ways to trap the microscopic trash, using a sticky bacterial biofilm, created by micro-organisms. The biofilm collects microplastics until it sinks to the bottom of a bioreactor, where the plastic can be easily recovered.

Lemonade Day, calls for an extraordinary glass of lemonade. If you really want to impress people, make it change color! An ingredient called butterfly pea flower, can make your lemonade turn purple, pink, or indigo. First make a tea with the flowers, then pour into your lemonade, for a colorful show!

Some people say, laughter is the best medicine. It’s definitely a stress reliever, and it makes you feel better. Since today is World Laughter Day, tell a few jokes. Would you like to hear 2 short jokes and a long joke?

Joke! Joke! Jo-oh-oh-oke! Ha ha ha ha ha!