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Hannah Strickland, a visitor renting a cabin in Gatlinburg Tennessee, found out she’ll need to share the hot tub with local residents. She photographed 3 black bears wandering the property. One of them was enjoying a relaxing soak, in the hot tub on the back porch! They eventually wandered off, and gave Hannah her turn.
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The CarbFix project in Iceland, turns the harmful carbon dioxide emissions from a power plant, into stone! Much of Iceland’s energy comes from geothermal sources, which emit CO2. CarbFix processes the emissions, dissolving the CO2 in water. Then the water is pumped 1 mile underground, where it will turn into minerals and petrify. That rocks!
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The Library of Congress celebrated the 100th anniversary of Children’s Book Week, which ends tomorrow, by launching an online collection of children’s books. The special thing about this collection, is that all the books were published before 1924! Visit LOC.gov and look under Children’s Book Selections, to read what kids were reading over 100 years ago!
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Today is Free Comic Book Day! Many stores are excited to introduce people to the world of graphic novels, by giving them a free book. Find a participating comic book store near you. On your way, look for orange and black butterflies. It’s Start Seeing Monarchs Day! Plant milkweed for them to eat.
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May the Fourth be with you. I mean the Force! May the 4th is Star Wars Day, so get your light sabers out, and watch your favorite Star Wars movie. If you want to have a marathon and watch every single one, it’ll take over 22 hours. You’d better already be watching!
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A thief in Uttar Pradesh India, has trained a monkey to steal cash! Security footage from a toll plaza, shows a monkey climbing out of a car window and into the toll booth window. After climbing over the surprised employee’s shoulders, the monkey grabs money, then jumps back into the getaway car. Not cool.
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The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, recorded the song, “Let Nature Sing.” It’s flying up the charts in the United Kingdom, and it’s entirely made up of bird sounds! 25 different bird calls, provide the sound for a music video of shadow-puppet birds, raising awareness about vulnerable bird species. It’s really beautiful!
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Mikah Meyers really loves the National Park Service. He just took the ultimate road trip, and visited all 419 U.S. sites, in a row! It took him 3 years to travel through 56 states and territories, seeing natural wonders and man-made monuments. Mikah completed his trek, by climbing the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington DC.
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Celebrate International Space Day, by doing your math homework. Space Day encourages people to study STEM fields, meaning science, technology, engineering, and math. Telescopes, satellites, space travel, and understanding the stars, wouldn’t be possible without the work of scientists and mathematicians! Make sure you keep learning, while you stare off into space!
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Today’s going to be fun! It’s Two Different Colored Shoes Day! Walk proudly in your mismatched shoes. No need to be normal; 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 National Garden Meditation Day.
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