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Poor February… When King Numa Pompilius added January and February to the first Roman 10-month calendar, he altered all the months to have a lucky odd number of days. February, a month honoring the dead, became the unlucky month with 28 days. The calendar changed through the years, but February never got any more days.
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If you see someone snoozing in public today, they may just be celebrating National Public Sleeping Day! It’s also National Tooth Fairy Day! But I doubt the Tooth Fairy will come out in public, so if you lose a tooth today, don’t try to take a nap to get an early visit!
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Okay, Nutella fans, here’s your chance to witness a world record! In Sydney Australia tomorrow, a line of pancakes covered in Nutella hazelnut spread will form a giant heart. They hope it will be the longest line of pancakes at over 164 feet long. If you are there, you can help eat it all up!
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Scientists have discovered another new state of matter. The commonly observable forms are liquid, solid, gas, and plasma. The newest discovery is Rydberg polarons, occurring only in ultra-cold temperatures. It’s when one of an atom’s electrons orbits far enough from the nucleus that another atom fits inside the orbit.
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Egypt is building the largest solar park in the world. The Benban Solar Park will cover 14 square miles and should generate 20% of the country’s energy when it’s finished in 2019. Egypt wants to cut back on using expensive and polluting fossil fuels. They are doing their part to fight global warming.
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Most people these days buy milk from a grocery store. But after watching Blue Planet II, a BBC documentary encouraging recycling, more people in England are getting their milk from milkmen again. Dairy delivery companies reuse glass milk bottles, which is the best way to recycle. Or you can just get a cow!
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It’s International Polar Bear Day! Polar bears have black skin and hollow transparent hairs that scatter light, making their fur look white! They can grow 9 feet tall and have paws one foot wide. They live in Arctic sea ice regions, so climate change and melting ice has caused polar bears to become endangered.
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Darren King from Worton England takes jumping rope to a new level. He just spent 8 hours at the gym to raise money for the Prostate Cancer charity while breaking a world record. He raised 5000 pounds and skipped 59,916 steps! Do you think you could beat that record? Start practicing!
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Sliding a big rock down the ice may look simple, but there’s much more to the sport of curling. Sweepers heat up the pebbled ice, causing it to melt and reduce friction, but the rotation, speed and pressure are equally important. The Olympics may be over, but the physics of curling has me hooked!
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Archaeologists have discovered a cemetery in Egypt that’s been untouched for 2000 years. The necropolis dates to the Ptolemaic dynasty and contains at least 8 tombs. One tomb belongs to a high priest of Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom, writing, and the moon. 1000 figurines and 40 sarcophogi containing mummies have been unearthed so far!
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