Category: Kids News Archive

Did your mom ever tell you to eat your Brussels sprouts? Wayne Sherlock broke a world record in a British pub, when he ate 33 Brussels sprouts in 1 minute! He was required to pick each one up with a toothpick. Wayne said his technique, was to chew like a pig while looking for smaller sprouts.

In the past, the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan has featured epic Star Wars scenes. In 2015, 7000 pounds of snow became a 50-foot-tall Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Death Star, and TIE fighters. 2017 featured Kylo Ren, BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3-P-O. The droids and the Millennium Falcon were carved last February. Maybe Baby Yoda will be next!

Researchers have been exploring a safe and easy way, to treat people who suffer from frequent migraine headaches. Patients just look at a green light! In experiments, people who looked at green lights or wore glasses with green lenses, had fewer migraines. It could be why spending time surrounded by trees, also relieves stress.

In 1997, a character in the TV show Seinfeld, made up a holiday called Festivus, because he thought Christmas was too commercialized. Today, you can celebrate Festivus too! Conduct the Airing of Grievances during dinner, display Feats of Strength by wrestling, and perform a Festivus Miracle, like getting groceries into the house without tripping.

Yesterday at sundown, Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, began. The Jewish holiday commemorates an ancient miracle in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. A one-day supply of oil lit a menorah, which is a type of candelabra, for 8 days. Hanukkah is celebrated for 8 days by lighting the menorah to prayers, songs, food, gifts and games.

Travis Casagrande is a researcher at the Canadian Center for Electron Microscopy. He used their electron microscope to make the world’s smallest gingerbread house. The house is actually carved in silicon, and sits on a snowman’s head like a teeny-tiny hat. The snowman itself, is smaller than the width of a human hair!

4-year-old Isla Glaser knows how to handle a scary situation. When her mom collapsed unconscious, Isla called 9-1-1. After moving a chair to reach the door lock, she kept their dogs under control while rescuers entered, and calmed down her 3 little brothers and sister. The police honored her bravery, that helped save her mother’s life.

2 new species of ants were discovered in Texas. Since the tiny queen ants ride the backs of larger ant queens, from other colonies, they were named rodeo ants. Their jaws are specially-shaped to grip the larger ant’s waist, hitching a ride to a colony already filled plenty of food.

In Olympia Washington, Josh Phillips and his friend spotted an unlikely pair on the water. A couple of Steller sea lions, were relaxing on top of a small boat. Since the animals can grow up to 11 feet long and 2500 pounds, it made the boat look like a dinghy, that was about to sink!

Today is Date Nut Bread Day. No silly, you aren’t supposed to date a nut. It’s a sweet bread full of dates and nuts. People in Egypt and the Middle East have been cultivating dates, a fruit that grows on palm trees, for 6000 years! You should bake some delicious bread today!