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Little black pouches have been washing up on the shores of North Carolina, but they’re not plastic. They are the egg casings of sea skates! Skates look like stingrays, and hatch out of the leathery mermaid’s purses. Record your eggcase findings on The Shark Trust website, to help count shark and ray species.
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For the last 5 years, Ravi Katapadi has been raising money to help pay for medical treatments for children. He dresses up for 3 days straight in elaborate costumes, from monsters to superheroes, for the Krishna Janmashtami festival in his home of Udupi India. He has raised thousands of dollars to save kids’ lives!
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13 year-old Rishab Jain, from Portland Oregon, has been named America’s Next Top Young Scientist. He created a way to make pancreatic cancer treatments more effective. He developed an algorithm that uses artificial intelligence to find the pancreas, an organ that can shift its position in the body. He also wins $25,000!
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1.25 miles deep, at the bottom of the Black Sea, researchers discovered a 2400 year-old shipwreck. The oldest intact shipwreck ever found, it’s a well-preserved merchant ship that resembles the paintings on ancient Greek vases! The research team is eager to explore it with a remote operated vehicle, since it’s too deep for divers.
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Try out your best howl and learn about wolves. It’s Howl At The Moon Day! Those howls sound perfect for Frankenstein Day! Read the book by Mary Shelley, or just do your best monster lurch. Then visit a pumpkin patch, and eat something pumpkin spice flavored, for Pumpkin Day! Halloween must be getting close!
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Some lucky person is 1.5 billion dollars richer today! Well, maybe only 877 million. The Mega Millions Lottery in the United States, has been growing since July, and someone finally picked all 6 lucky numbers. Although the jackpot was worth 1.5 billion, paid over 30 years, most winners take a smaller amount all at once. $877,000,000 is still pretty good!
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When nature photographer Dafna Ben Nun was photographing baboons in Zimbabwe, she saw a re-enactment of a scene from “The Lion King.” An adult baboon lifted its baby up to the sky, just like Rafiki holds up Simba! She was lucky enough to capture the moment in a photo. It looks just like the movie!
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Corvids, like crows and ravens, are extremely intelligent birds. They’ve been known to solve puzzles, plan for the future, and now, make compound tools! Researchers recently discovered that crows could take two or more useless objects, and create a tool to help them get food out of a box. What clever crows!
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Musician Scott Hildebrand was visiting Australia and needed a lift. He succeeded when a van full of happy passengers said they’d take him. They soon pulled up to a helipad. It turns out he’d been picked up by actor Chris Hemsworth! Thor gave him a helicopter ride to his destination!
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Today is Greasy Food Day, World Pasta Day, and Sourest Day. It’s also Punk For A Day Day. So here’s what you do; make a big bowl of spaghetti, topped with french fries and lemons. Then eat it while listening to punk rock music, with spiked hair and a sour snarl on your face!
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