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Today is Martin Luther King Jr Day. Dr. King was a minister, activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He used non-violent civil disobedience, marches and sit-ins to try to create racial equality in the United States. He was assassinated in 1968, but still inspires us to fight racism.
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Researchers have discovered that cuttlefish can detect and avoid danger, before they even hatch! They develop in transparent eggs, so they can see when a predator is nearby, or spot cuttlefish ink from an adult’s escape. Since they can’t swim away, they hold their breath and freeze, so they don’t get eaten.
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Last month, Colin O’Brady became the first person to cross Antarctica unaided. 2 days later, Louis Rudd became the second person to complete the feat. Both men set off across the continent at the same time, a mile apart. O’Brady waited for Rudd at the end. The only 2 people to cross Antarctica alone, left together.
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Solar farms can do more than harvest power from the sun. Many farms have added wildflowers around the solar panels, to provide a food source for honeybees and butterflies! Creating a habitat for pollinators as well as clean energy for humans, solar farms light the way to a bright and sunny future.
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If you love the creme in Oreo cookies, you’re going to be really happy with the newest variety. It has 3 times the filling of a regular Oreo! They’re called The Most Stuf, and they look pretty big. Of course, you can’t fit nearly as many cookies in a package, so choose wisely!
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Today is Penguin Awareness Day. Emperor penguins can grow to nearly 4 feet tall, while little blue penguins only reach 16 inches. The oldest person in Australia knits sweaters for penguins, to protect them from oil spills. No penguins live at the North Pole! Except for the Galapagos penguin, they all live in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Winters in Minnesota provide some interesting sights. Some friends were skating on Lake Minnetonka, when they saw a man doing donuts with his tractor, on the ice. One friend used a golf cart to join the fun. Then the cart and tractor towed a sofa across the ice, so the friends could go couch-surfing!
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Have you ever heard of the sarcastic fringehead? It’s an unusual fish, that looks like a sock puppet with big eyes. They like to hide in holes and attack prey with their gigantic mouths. When 2 male sarcastic fringeheads get near each other, they expand their gaping mouths, to see whose is bigger!
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When 9 year-old João met his neighbor’s new kittens, he noticed one of them couldn’t walk. He was determined to help the kitten play with its siblings, so he decided to build her a wheelchair! He borrowed materials from a friend to create the device, attached it to the kitten, and away she rode!
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When the University of Bristol, in England, had new furniture delivered, they were left with a lot of bubble wrap. They decided to put it to good use, by giving it to students at exam time. The directions say, “For immediate stress relief, pop three capsules every 4-to-6 hours, or as needed!” That’s creative recycling!
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