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Blythe California was home to one wild wind formation last weekend. A brush fire near the Colorado River started spinning, and became a fire tornado. The firenado then moved across the water, and became a waterspout! Firenadoes can reach 2000 degrees Fahrenheit and grow hundreds of feet tall. It’s lucky this one jumped in the river!
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Honeybee populations have been in decline, and the state of Virginia is determined to fight it. They are giving beehives and equipment to beekeepers! If you are 18 years old, you can apply to be a state beekeeper and get 3 beehives through the Beehive Distribution Program. Save the bees, and get paid in honey!
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Today is Mandela Day, in honor of Nelson Mandela. The former President of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize winner, spent his life fighting racial discrimination and segregation, called apartheid. Mandela was South Africa’s first black president, winning the first democratic election after apartheid ended. He was born 100 years ago today!
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In what may be a world record, residents of Pedro Moncayo Ecuador built a sculpture out of 500,000 roses. The flowers form a 3600 square-foot, flat-topped pyramid. It’s a replica of an ancient pyramid in Cochasqui archaeological park in northern Ecuador. The roses were grown in the country’s highlands, in the Andes mountains.
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France’s soccer team was victorious over Croatia, to win the FIFA World Cup this week. But a charity group was the big winner. 19 year-old Kylian Mbappe, a star striker on the French team, donated his $500,000 in winnings to Premiers de Cordee. The organization helps disabled and hospitalized children play sports.
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Scientists have discovered a ton of diamonds deep below the Earth’s surface. Actually, it’s more like a qhadrillion tonnes! The diamonds are quite difficult to reach. They’re 200 miles deep, in underground rock formations called cratons, which are like upside-down mountains. Scientists used sound waves to detect the abundance of diamonds.
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Historians and archaeologists believed bread was around since the rise of agriculture, when people first started growing plants. But bread scraps over 14,000 years old have been discovered in the Middle East! That’s 4000 years earlier than previously believed. Apparently, Paleolithic hunter-gatherers were also bakers!
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Today is World Emoji Day! If you send a text message, don’t use words. Just use pictures! There are over 1800 emoji, and the smiley faces and their friends even have their own movie! If you prefer pictures on your body, it’s also National Tattoo Day. Time to plaster your arms with fake tattoos!
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The North Carolina Zoo welcomed a baby southern white rhinoceros on July 3rd. 10 days later, a 2nd rhino calf was born! After 41 years with no rhino births, the zoo now has 2 adorable babies to keep their 7 adult rhinos company! Southern white rhinos are threatened in the wild, but thriving in this zoo!
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If it seemed like that tennis game going on in Ireland lasted forever, you were right! James Cluskey and David Mullins played against Luke Maguire and Danil O’Neill for over 60 hours straight! They set a new world record and raised money for the “Enjoy Tennis” program, which teaches tennis to people with disabilities.
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