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Scientists have discovered a surprising fact about the Kilauea volcano that’s erupting in Hawaii. It has a magnetic field that goes the opposite direction! The molten rock beneath Kilauea’s caldera contains large amounts of iron, making it a swirling mass of magnets. Your compass would go crazy if you tried to use it there!
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An extraordinary collection will soon be auctioned off in England. Richard Bullimore was a Leicestershire Regiment soldier during World War One. One of his possessions included a tin of chocolate given to all the soldiers at Christmas in 1915. The 103 year-old box still has 9 Cadbury chocolate bars in it! I guess he didn’t like candy bars that much!
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Here, kitty-kitty… I have something for you. It’s a great big hug! Today is Hug Your Cat Day; but don’t you hug your cat every day? It’s also Thank God It’s Monday Day. Yay, the weekend’s finally over! It’s also National Cheese Day. Ask your pet cow if she can spare a little milk, and make some delicious cheese!
At the National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham England, the father-daughter team of Tim and Keren Young set a world record. They completed the survival mode level of Star Wars: Battlefront, without the help of a blaster, in only 9 minutes and 20 seconds. They also raised money for the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Are Ewoks wildlife?
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A youth football team from Boise Idaho named the Black Knights became heroes last weekend. The team, made up of kids 13 and under, was returning from a tournament when they saw an overturned vehicle with a couple trapped inside. They combined their strength to lift the SUV and rescue them. That’s a winning team!
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For the first time, a blue whale was spotted in the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. Blue whales normally feed near the poles in summer, in cooler waters. They rarely venture into seas enclosed by land. Maybe it took a wrong turn trying to get to the Egyptian pyramids!
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Today is Chimborazo Day, celebrating the volcano in Ecuador that is the tallest peak in the world. Sort of. Mount Everest might be the highest above sea level, but Chimborazo is the furthest from the center of the Earth because our planet is an oblate spheroid: it bulges at the equator!
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Today is Chimborazo Day, celebrating the volcano in Ecuador that is the tallest peak in the world. Oh, did I already say that? That’s because it’s Repeat Day! That’s because it’s Repeat Day! You can really annoy everyone by repeating everything you say, or you can just do things you’ve done before.
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Do you like to skip stones when you go to a pond? The highest number of stone skips recorded is 88, a record held by Kurt “Mountain Man” Steiner. But the longest distance a stone has ever been skimmed was an astonishing 400 feet! Dougie Isaacs nearly ran out of lake setting the new record!
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An African gray Congo parrot named Petra, has learned to use Alexa! Petra’s owner has lights that are voice activated, and Petra loves to tell Alexa to turn all the lights on and off. The parrot also has her own YouTube channel. She’s only 4 years old and already has a 300 word vocabulary!
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