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A supermarket in the Netherlands just made it easier to cut out plastic. The Ekoplaza store in Amsterdam has one aisle with more than 700 items in plastic-free packaging. When you buy food packed in metal, glass, or paper, you help the Earth by recycling it. Try to reduce your plastic use!
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"When beetles battle beetles in a puddle paddle battle and the beetle battle puddle is a puddle in a bottle... ...they call this a tweetle beetle bottle puddle paddle battle muddle."
It’s National Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. Seuss Day. Read Fox in Socks or another Seuss favorite to celebrate his birthday!
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The world’s tallest topiary sculpture was assembled in Dubai this week. The Dubai Miracle Garden collaborated with the Walt Disney Company to build a 59-foot tall Mickey Mouse out of flowers and greenery. The sculpture weighs 35 tons and is covered in petunias, violas, zinnias, geraniums, and alternantheras. I bet it smells beautiful!
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The most toxic spider in the world is the Australian funnel web spider. Its venom can kill a human in 15 minutes, and about 3 dozen people a year are bitten. A giant one named Colossus was just given to the Australian Reptile Park. Its venom will be milked to create anti-venom and save more lives!
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As the Beast from the East and Storm Emma merge into a blizzard over Great Britain and Ireland, bread is in high demand. Some stores have limited the number of loaves people can buy, and bread deliveries are cleaned out in minutes. With flour, sugar, yeast, salt and water, you can make your own!
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Does it seem like your batteries are always dying? Researchers in Korea are working on a battery that can recharge in 20 seconds! They are also more eco-friendly because they use a water based solution instead of toxic chemicals. They don’t need a lot of power, so solar energy could charge them. They sound perfect!
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What can you do with 540 peanuts? You can make a 12 ounce jar of peanut butter! It’s National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day. Americans love peanut butter the most, spending nearly $800,000,000 a year on it! Go ahead and pig out on it, because it’s also National Pig Day. Pigs are very intelligent and have awesome curly tails!
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Sunset Zoo in Kansas is introducing a new trio of maned wolf pups to the public. The parents of the pups, Lelah and Meek, have not told us their names yet. The maned wolf is native to South and Central America, with long legs and red hair that make them look more like foxes.
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Esmond Allcock is one of the oldest men in Canada at 108 years old. He had 6 children, 17 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and 12 great-great-grandchildren, but no namesake. His granddaughter Jenna just gave him a wonderful gift: she named her new son Esmond, Jr! After 71 descendants, he finally has someone named after him!
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Much of Europe is being blasted by the “Beast from the East,” bringing snow and freezing temperatures. Unusually warm weather at the North Pole has pushed Siberia’s freezing air across Europe to the Mediterranean and the British Isles. Temperatures in the Arctic were more than 50 degrees Fahrenheit above average while Rome saw rare snow.
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