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Snow days might become a thing of the past. A school district in South Carolina that issues laptops to all its students, plans to let students complete downloaded assignments at home when schools are closed. That means they won’t have to make up snow days at the end of the year!
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Victory and Valor are eaglets that hatched 3 months ago, and had been testing their wings. The whole world could watch them grow up on dceaglecam.org, but the eagle-cam lost track of Valor when he slipped out of the nest Friday. Thankfully, he’s been found! He’ll be returned to his nest, 80 feet up a tree.
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Can you imagine a world without the internet? Many of your parents were born before “www” meant anything! That alone deserves respect today, on Respect For Parents Day. It’s World Wide Web Day also. Thank you to Tim Berners-Lee for inventing the magnificent way to connect everyone in the world in seconds, back in 1989!
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Physicists have figured out another cool thing about the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. They believe it can concentrate electromagnetic energy! They tested their theory by building a model. The scattered fields of electromagnetic waves concentrated in its internal chambers, and under its base. Ancient Egyptians probably didn’t know it did that!
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There may be any easier way, to prevent deadly bacteria like salmonella from contaminating mass-produced food. New research shows, a layer of cooking oil on stainless steel machines can reduce bacteria levels 1000 times! It’s an easy way to fill in microscopic cracks that are hard to clean. But it won’t keep your room clean!
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Dolly Parton is a singer and actress, but she’s reached a milestone in a different area. More than 20 years ago, she started the Imagination Library, which gives books to children around the world. The Library of Congress, in Washington DC, honored her this year for giving out her 100 millionth book!
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What would you do if you found a wallet full of cash? 3 kids in Colorado, who found a wallet with $700 in it, returned it to the owner’s house. The doorbell recorded video of their act of kindness. The wallet’s owner, impressed with their honesty, shared the video online to inspire us all!
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Do you know how to play the hydraulaphone? Maybe you’d like to take nellophone lessons. Or you could watch someone play the theremin. It’s Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day! It’s also National Mutt Day. Purebred dogs are great, but 2 breeds mixed together is twice as great, right? So a mixed-up mutt is best of all!
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A 4 year-old boy named Zachary, was excited about his upcoming 5th birthday party with a police theme. He decided to invite the police by repeatedly dialing 1-1-1, the emergency number in his home country of New Zealand. The police came to his party, and even flew a helicopter overhead!
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In the waters near the island of Kauai Hawaii, scientists have spotted a new animal. It’s a cross between a rough-toothed dolphin and a melon-headed whale! Researchers have named the hybrid Steno bredanensis. They also saw one melon-headed whale living with the pod of dolphins, so she was probably the mama.
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