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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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Grab your sunglasses and jump on your bicycle. It’s Shades Day, and Bike To Work Day! Later on, you can organize a pizza feast, for Pizza Party Day! Speaking of food, it’s also Cherry Cobbler Day, and Walnut Day. For World Baking Day, maybe you should bake a walnut cherry cobbler pizza!
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A movie theater in Switzerland, is offering the ultimate in comfort. The Cinema Pathé has beds! A 50 dollar VIP ticket will get you a bed with sheets and a pillow, slippers, and free food brought to your bedside table. But be warned: You don’t get your money back if you fall asleep.
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There’s a spider that uses its web, the same way we’d use a slingshot. The triangle spider slowly pulls its web back until it’s taut, then releases it to catch prey. Scientists call this method, power amplification. Stretching the web causes the force to be faster and more powerful. Too bad, Mr. Fly!
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I love pineapple on pizza, but a lot of people think it’s gross. So maybe a crazy pizza that sounds disgusting, is actually delicious? Domino’s in New Zealand, has Hawaiian Spaghetti Pizza for a limited time. It has ham, pineapple, and spaghetti on top. What would you like to see as a pizza topping?
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Today is Sea Monkey Day! Sea monkeys are actually brine shrimp. Scientists have shown that swarms of brine shrimp in the ocean can create powerful underwater currents! They migrate vertically to the surface every night to feed, churning the ocean and causing turbulence. Trillions of organisms moving together make a huge impact!
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Today is Do Something Good For Your Neighbor Day. It’s nice to make people happy! It’s also Love A Tree Day. Hug your favorite tree, and thank it for giving you shade and oxygen! It’s also Drawing Day. Maybe you can draw a picture of a lovely tree for your neighbor!
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A house in Florida blew away, but it wasn’t going to visit the Wizard of Oz. It was a bounce house, that Mike Simonian had rented for his son’s birthday party! Luckily, everyone had been inside eating cake. The wind had pulled the stakes out of the ground, and carried the inflatable house 50 feet.
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Victor Vescovo, an American explorer who has climbed the highest peaks on all 7 continents, is now on the Five Deeps expedition. He is attempting to explore the deepest points in the world’s 5 oceans. Vescovo just made the deepest dive ever, 35,849 feet into the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench. He found sea creatures, and unfortunately, plastic.
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