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If your name is May or Ray, this day is extra-special for you. As for everyone else, get outside in the sunshine and catch some rays! It’s May Ray Day! It’s also Take Your Parents To The Playground Day! Push them on the swings, and ask them to go down the slide with you!
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The Spice Girls are doing a reunion show in London, and some people will be able to stay in the ultimate accommodations. The Spice Girls’ original double-decker tour bus, painted with a huge Union-Jack flag, will be available to rent on Air-BnB. The rolling motel room will open for additional dates in the future.
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Scientists have created a life-saving superglue. The bio-gel seals wounds when activated by ultraviolet light, without the need for stitches or staples. The glue is strong enough to seal bleeding hearts and arteries, in only 20 seconds. It could save people on operating tables, at accident sites, and in war zones, by gluing them shut!
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Do you play the fiddle, or the violin? They’re the same thing! When you play folk music, like Irish jigs or bluegrass, you call it a fiddle. Today is World Fiddle Day. If you’re a violinist, be sure to share your talent with the world, and play some fiddle tunes for everyone!
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You’re going to have a tight schedule. Today is International Museum Day. Whether you like history, toilet seat art, airplanes, or mustard, there’s a museum somewhere dedicated to it. It’s also Visit Your Relatives Day, so invite them along! Don’t forget to spend some time in the water, for Learn To Swim Day!
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Today is No Dirty Dishes Day. First things first: clean all the dishes in the sink! Then don’t use any dishes, utensils, or cookware all day. You can always cook things on a stick over a fire. It’s also Plant A Lemon Tree Day. Maybe by next year, you’ll be harvesting lemons!
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In Malaysia, the Kuo Kuang elementary school was full of baby sharks. 2869 students broke the world record for the largest music lesson, by learning to play the Baby Shark song on ukuleles! 5 kids were disqualified when they left to use the restroom, but there were still more than enough to make history!
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Dr. Justin Chan has created a smartphone app, that can detect ear infections! By using a paper funnel with the phone’s speakers and microphone, sounds are projected into the ear. The signals are reflected back, then analyzed to see if the inner ear has fluid in it. It’s quick and easy!
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Every year, hundreds of species go extinct. Many are insects you’ve never heard of, but plenty of our favorite animals are vulnerable. Today, on National Endangered Species Day, learn about the importance of protecting animals and plants, that are in danger of disappearing forever. We all have to share this planet!
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Today is National Pack Rat Day! Do you pick up shiny objects and cool trinkets to save forever in your house? You’re just like a packrat! They collect treasures for their nests, or middens. Packrat middens are valuable to paleobiologists because they can preserve plants, pollen, and artifacts for 50,000 years. Will they study your midden someday?
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