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Today is National Goof Off Day. Just relax, and have fun. You know what’s a good way to goof off? Play with puppies! It’s a perfect way to celebrate Puppy Day! Visit an animal shelter, to hang out with grateful dogs. You might even end up adopting a lucky pooch!
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A family in Florida has a pooch to thank, for saving their home. Amber Walker couldn’t sleep because her dog, Angel, was acting so agitated. Amber finally went to the window to see what was upsetting Angel. There were flames coming from their neighbor’s garage! Thanks to Angel, no one was hurt. Good dog!
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Did you know that smiling is actually good for you? The upturning movement of your lips, can activate pleasure centers in your brain. That means, even a fake smile may make you feel happier. It’s also a good way, to make other people happy! Let’s all smile more, and spread some happiness!
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Researchers in Switzerland, did an experiment, to see if the bacteria in cheese, had musical taste. They aged wheels of Emmental cheese in a cellar, for 6 months. Each cheese, was hit with soundwaves from a different song. The cheese that listened to classical music tasted milder, and the hip-hop cheese had the funkiest flavor!
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A British man, Stephen Mckears, thought he was going mad. Small objects kept moving around in his shed overnight, and ending up organized in a plastic container. Was a ghost cleaning up? He and his friend, Rodney Holbrook, made a mess, and set up a video camera. A little mouse tidied it all up!
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Please just say thank you.
Before eating all the bread.
Save a piece for me.
Today is World Poetry Day, and I just wrote that haiku: a poem with 3 lines, containing 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables. It’s also French Bread Day, and Common Courtesy Day. Use your manners, when you eat all the delicious bread!
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A solar farm in Antarctica, had an official visitor. The Australian Antarctic Division activated 105 solar panels, and monitor them by video. They caught footage of a penguin visiting the farm, and appearing to inspect the equipment. I guess everything was in proper order, because Inspector Penguin eventually wandered away.
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A stray dog tagged along with Don Wargowsky and a group of mountain-climbers, to the top of Mount Baruntse, in Nepal. The dog, nicknamed Mera, climbed over 23,000 feet without protection for her paws, and almost no help from the humans she was following. It’s likely a world record, but Mera’s just happy with treats!
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The Spring, or Vernal, Equinox is today, when day and night last the same amount of time. Tonight brings a full moon, which hasn’t happened on the Spring Equinox since 2000, and won’t repeat until 2030! The March full moon, known as the Worm Moon, will pass at its closest to Earth, making it a Super-Worm-moon!
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Spring brings warmer weather, and that’s good business for places that sell frozen treats. Dairy Queen will give everyone a free ice cream cone today, and Rita’s will give you a free Italian Ice! Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s, comes in April, and Haagen-Daaz has one in May. Keep the free-eats coming!
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