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Poor little Pluto. It used to be one of the 9 planets in our solar system, until it got down-graded. But at least it gets its own day to celebrate. Happy Pluto Day! It’s also Battery Day. Alessandro Volta built the first electrochemical battery in 1800. Count all the things in your house that use batteries!
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Rosemary Norwood and Sean Cadman just harvested a cabbage from their garden in Tasmania. Due to the wet spring and hot summer, as well as 9 months of keeping it safe from wallabies, the cabbage grew almost as big as Rosemary! She used it to make 2 weeks worth of coleslaw and salads for her guests!
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Jodi Hendershot’s brother won $10,000 in the Montana lottery. Then her friend won the $25,000 a year, Lucky For Life jackpot. Jodi figured with all the luck in the air, she’d start playing the lottery also. It worked, because she just won over $9,000! I wonder which one of Jodi’s friends or family will win next!
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What if all the plastic waste in the world, could be turned into fuel? Researchers have discovered a chemical process, that can convert polypropylene, a plastic used in toys and packaging, into gasoline and diesel fuel! They hope this will lead to increased recycling. Currently, most plastics end up in oceans and landfills.
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People living in apartments have had trouble getting their own solar power. That will soon change! Soligami is a new kind of solar panel, that can be placed in windows, and still let natural light pass through. The folded design is inspired by origami. It increases the surface area, to produce more energy.
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Get your smiles ready, because it’s Random Acts Of Kindness Day! Give someone a flower or a compliment, or help out around the house without being asked. Write a nice note to a friend, or hold the door open for a stranger. It’s so easy to be kind. Let’s just do it every day!
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Black leopards are extremely rare. Although people have reported seeing them over the years, the last time one was photographed and scientifically documented, was in 19-oh-9. Until now, that is! Wildlife photographer Will Burrad-Lucas used a camera trap, to capture images of a black leopard in Kenya. The leopard just melts into the darkness!
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18 people in Connecticut, just built a pickup truck that will make you look twice. The red 2019 Chevy Silverado, is made out of LEGOs! It took 2,000 hours to build, and used 334,544 pieces! The full-size replica only weighs half as much as a real truck, but that’s still over 3,300 pounds! Don’t drop it!
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Today we celebrate 2 very different mammals. It’s World Whale Day, and World Pangolin Day! Pangolins live in Asia and Africa. They’re covered in scales, and curl into balls for protection. The nocturnal animals can have tongues that are longer than their bodies! Pangolins are endangered, and are the most smuggled animal in the world.
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Whales are mammals that live in the ocean, and can range in size from the 8-foot dwarf sperm whale, to the 98-foot blue whale, the largest creature that ever lived! Whales are also endangered, and some species were nearly hunted to extinction. Whale songs can travel thousands of miles through the water!
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