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9000 years ago, cats started hanging out with humans. Humans began farming, rodents were attracted to crops, and wild cats came to catch the rodents. The farmers appreciated the free pest control and rewarded them with food scraps, semi-domesticating the cats. Genetic research shows cats are still mostly wild and tame themselves!
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A new material is shaping skyscrapers these days. It’s called cross-laminated timber, or CLT, and is produced in the small town of Riddle Oregon. CLT is made by glueing panels of wood together in layers. Plyscrapers are earthquake and fire resistant, cheaper to build, and environmentally friendly!
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The Fourth of July is known as Independence Day in the United States. This is the day they officially declared independence from the British Empire in 1776. If you aren’t in the USA, you can celebrate Sidewalk Egg Frying Day, as long as it’s sizzling hot where you live!
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Are you looking for a book to read this summer, that’s a real gas? Zoologist Dani Rabaiotti and ecologist Nick Caruso created a guide to animal flatulence called “Does It Fart?” Birds and sloths don’t fart. Whales do it on an epic scale. Dinosaurs could have farted 4 pounds of methane per day!
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Scientist Piotr Naskrecki created a nature documentary called “The Human Botfly”. He found his skin infested with botflies after a trip to Belize. Naskrecki extracted one, but let the others continue their life cycle and filmed the whole process. Watching maggots make their film debut is both revolting and fascinating!
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While you’re on your summer break, I bet you’re enjoying sleeping in. Human adults need 8 hours of sleep while babies need 16. Bats sleep about 20 hours, and giraffes take brief naps that add up to two hours a day. Dolphins can sleep with half of their brain and just keep swimming!
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The Erie Seawolves baseball team unveiled a treat last week, that is the stuff of nightmares. In honor of their Sugar Rush Night, they sold hot dogs wrapped in a cotton candy bun. Ketchup and mustard were replaced by candy Nerds. If this sounds good to you, I think I’ll skip dinner at your house!
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Today is International Plastic Bag Free Day! Don’t use any plastic bags when you go shopping. Get reusable bags and vow to use them from now on! Then look in the mirror and tell yourself how awesome you are. It’s Compliment Your Mirror Day, and the person in your mirror is you!
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Have you lost control of your gaming habits? Do you prioritize playing video games over other activities, even if there are negative consequences? You could have gaming disorder. Excessive gaming that becomes an addiction can cause ruined relationships, lost jobs and even rare fatalities. Take a break and go outside!
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Did your grandparents ever have a chemistry set? Those sets could be dangerous! They contained poisonous cyanide to dissolve gold, blowtorches to make glass test tubes, radioactive uranium to practice measuring radiation, and carcinogenic asbestos to dust for fingerprints. Now, some chemistry sets don’t even contain chemicals!
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