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New research shows that brushing your teeth may be good for your lungs! Researchers observed that the elderly in nursing homes and hospitals, with poor oral hygeine, were more likely to get pneumonia. Dangerous microbes in saliva can be breathed into the lungs. Clean your teeth to keep your mouth and lungs healthy!
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Here’s a new word for you: pareidolia. Pareidolia is when a sound or image tricks the mind into seeing a familiar pattern where none exists. One recent example is on Mars. A photograph of the planet’s surface seems to show an image of Beaker, from the Muppets! How’d he get up there?!
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Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day. Black cats are least likely to be adopted. One ridiculous reason is that they’re not as photogenic! Consider giving a black kitty a good home. It’s also National Thrift Shop Day. Be good to the Earth, and reuse what other people no longer need. Plus, it’s a bargain!
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Danny Vester, a retiree from North Carolina, grew a record breaking melon this summer. His cantaloupe weighed a whopping 65.9 pounds! An average cantaloupe weighs about 3 pounds. Danny is no stranger to giants in the garden. He once grew a 1404 pound pumpkin, that filled the bed of his pickup truck! He named it Sammy.
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The New York Public Library lends out more than books. You can also check out a necktie or a briefcase! Other organizations, like Dress for Success, supply suits or outfits. People who don’t have money to buy new clothes for an interview, can borrow everything they need to impress the interviewer, except a resume!
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SpaceX and Boeing will soon be flying NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The Commercial Crew Program is like hiring a private jet, but to fly people to space! SpaceX got to meet the astronauts who will take the first flight on the Crew Dragon spacecraft, hopefully in November.
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If you’ve ever walked a dog, you know they like to pee on things. It’s a way to mark their territory. But researchers noticed, small dogs tended to aim higher, raising their leg so high they’d almost fall over! They concluded that small dogs were trying to make themselves look bigger.
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Knock knock. Who’s there? Interrupting duck. Interrupting duh- Quack-quack-quack-quack-quack! Ha ha ha! It’s Tell A Joke Day! You can ask me to tell you a joke, so you can learn some good ones! It’s also Rollercoaster Day! Are you brave enough to ride the Steel Vengeance? It has a 90 degree drop. That’s straight down!
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Nostrildamus, NASA Nose, and Chief Sniffer are all names for George Aldrich, a chemical specialist at NASA. One of the nasalnaut’s duties is to smell objects that are going to the International Space Station. He checks for any offensive smells that might nauseate astronauts and put the mission at risk!
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Jessie is a parrot with a potty mouth. The macaw escaped her home in London, and sat on a rooftop for 3 days. Worried that Jessie was stuck, her human called the fire department. Jessie proceeded to curse out the firefighter who tried to catch her, then flew away. She later returned home by herself.
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