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Researchers are studying an unusual bacterium to understand the possiblity of extraterrestrial life. Alien life forms might have something in common with the Desulforudis audaxviator, which lives nearly 2 miles underground in 140 degree Fahrenheit water in South Africa. Living without oxygen, sunlight, or organic materials, it gets its energy from radioactive uranium. It’s nuclear powered!
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Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful personal assistant named Alexa. She loved telling jokes and howling like a wolf. She only wished she could eat pistachios, because it’s National Pistachio Day. But she could still tell a story on National Tell A Fairy Tale Day and lived happily ever after! The End.
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NASA is working on a new spacesuit design that has a built-in toilet! The next spacecraft to carry humans, Orion, will have a toilet, but NASA wants astronauts to be able to survive in the suit for up to six days in case of emergency. For shorter missions, astronauts just wear diapers.
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A 12 year-old Indian girl broke a world record by singing songs in the most languages. During a 6 hour concert in Dubai, which was the longest live concert ever performed by a child, Suchetha Satish sang songs in 102 different languages! It would probably take most people 6 hours to think of 102 languages!
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The Dublin Zoo is enjoying its newest addition: a baby elephant! Weighing nearly 200 pounds, the Asian elephant calf arrived to mom Anak after a 22 month pregnancy! All the females in the herd are helping to take care of him. He hasn’t been named yet, but you can visit him if you’re in Ireland.
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Elon Musk and SpaceX launched the first two satellites of the massive Starlink plan. Musk wants to provide high-speed internet coverage for the entire Earth by launching thousands of interlinked broadband-internet satellites into orbit. If the test satellites are successful, more will be sent up over the years until the whole world has internet!
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Do you know how you catch a squirrel? Go up in a tree and act like yourself, ha hahaha! But you should jump in chocolate first, because it’s National Chocolate Covered Nut Day! Dark chocolate has healthy antioxidants and nuts are high in good fats so I’ll call it a health food and indulge!
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The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is installing a 10,000 year clock invented by Danny Hillis and the Long Clock Now Foundation. The 500 foot-high clock is under construction inside a Texas mountain in the Sierra Diablo range. It will tick only once per year and have a century hand! Do you think it’ll have an alarm?
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Bigelow Space Operations is building inflatable space habitats to go into low-Earth orbit. In a few years, scientists will be able to rent them and do research for much less than at the International Space Station. I’m planning my future vacation now, because they could also be used as space hotels!
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Louisville Kentucky’s Second Chances Wildlife Center is home to Justin Beaver! The beaver was orphaned at a young age and didn’t learn survival skills, so he is a permanent resident at the rescue center. Justin Beaver goes on school tours and teaches his adoring fans all about wildlife. He also eats the walls.
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