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Raisinets have been around since 1927. Every hour, more than 1,000,000 are produced. How many do you think you could eat in an hour? Today is Chocolate Covered Raisin Day, so indulge yourself! You can pretend they’re a healthy snack. After all, they are full of fruit!
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If you’re in Orlando Florida this week, you might see an unusual mixing truck. Instead of a cement mixer, it has a giant cocktail shaker! Monkey Shoulder whisky is sending the 27 foot-long truck around the city, to serve up 2400 gallons of mixed drinks. That’s a lotta liquor!
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Does this sound like a job for you? CableTV.com is looking for someone to watch 20 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in a row, from Iron Man, to Ant Man and the Wasp, while live-tweeting the experience. The winning binge-watcher will get $1000, all the movies on Blu-ray, and some Marvel stuff. Sounds Marvel:ous to me!
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Maryland may soon become the first state, to ban polystyrene containers. Styrofoam is a particularly harmful form of plastic, because it can’t be recycled. It breaks into pieces easily, so you can’t even re-use it, and the pieces litter the environment. There are much better alternatives. Good riddance to styrofoam rubbish!
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The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, is a glowing light show caused by solar storms in the Earth’s atmosphere. Normally, they are centered over the North Pole; in the South Pole they’re called aurora australis. But this weekend, the Northern Lights may be visible in much of the US. Try to find them!
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Today is Chip And Dip Day. Have a party, where everyone brings their favorites to share! It’s also Chia Day. Tiny chia seeds are full of nutrients, so you can add them to anything for a healthy boost. Or, you can plant them on clay shapes, and grow your own Chia-Pet!
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Many areas in the Midwestern United States have been experiencing devastating floods. Kyle Simpson’s land in Nebraska, was flooded by the Platte River. His friend Gayland was helping him clean up the muck and trash, when they found a refrigerator containing ice cold beer! They said it was a gift sent from the heavens!
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Petco pet stores welcome all pets, as long as they’re on a leash. Shelly Lumpkin and Vincent Browning, put the policy to the test. They brought in their African Watusi, Oliver. He’s a giant bull! Oliver has massive horns, and Watusis can reach up to 1600 pounds, but he was welcomed with open arms!
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If you’ve ever bought furniture from IKEA, you know there’s some assembly required. Everything comes in flat packs, and you have to build it yourself. They even sell chocolate Easter bunnies like that! The bunny comes in 3 pieces, that you put together. If you have any trouble assembling it, just eat it!
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Today is West Virginia Day. When Virginia seceded from the United States during the Civil War, the western part refused to leave to join the Confederates. They remained and formed a new state instead! West Virginia is covered in mountains. If they were all flattened out, the state would be the size of Texas!
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