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On this day in 19 16, the United States National Park Service was formed. Everyone can help protect the National Parks. A girl named Karina recently returned a rock, with an apology for taking it from the Smokey Mountains. Park rangers thanked her for understanding, if all visitors took a souvenir, 11,000,000 rocks per year would disappear!
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When you outgrow your clothes, you don’t just throw them in the trash. You can sell them, or donate them to charity, or give them to younger friends and family. By shopping for secondhand clothes, you save money, and help the Earth by recycling! Happy Secondhand Wardrobe Day! You look fabulous!
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Today is Banana Split Day, so here’s what you need to do: scoop 3 flavors of ice cream into your bowl, slice a banana lengthwise and put half on each side, then add chocolate, pineapple, and strawberry sauces, whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry. Now eat it all up! The banana makes it healthy!
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An unexpected package thief was caught on camera in Pennsylvania. A family’s dog-food delivery was swiped by a bear! Video footage shows the adorable little bear taking a box from the Chewy pet food company, and dragging it into the woods. Chewy offered to replace it for free. Happy eating, little bear!
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Don’t worry if you can’t make it to Galaxy’s Edge, the Star Wars-themed area at Disneyland. You can still listen to the music played at Oga’s Cantina! Described as Jawa hip-hop, DJ Rex spins tunes like Mad About Mad About Me, Oola Shuka, and Batuu Boogie on Spotify, iTunes, or YouTube!
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When Halloween comes, lots of costumes for dogs are available. Now, PetSmart also has costumes for guinea pigs! Whether your guinea pig wants to be a scary shark, a pretty mermaid, a fuzzy bumblebee, or a caped superhero, they’ll look amazing. You’ll want to dress them up all year long!
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On Pluto Demoted Day, we remember when Pluto was officially downgraded in 2006. Its status was changed to dwarf planet. Now the 8 planets in our Solar System are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, while the 5 known dwarf planets are Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris. We still love you Pluto!
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Today is Vesuvius Day. Mount Vesuvius is the volcano in Italy, that destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD. Create your own volcano and make it erupt, while listening to unusual music for International Strange Music Day! You can make music from anything. Today is also Waffle Day. What’s your favorite flavor, blueberry or chocolate chip?
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How do you let 88 kids play a piano at the same time? You design a mechanical contraption that allows the keys to be pushed from afar. Faculty from the University of Sheffield in England, invited schoolchildren to play their bizarre-looking piano. They broke the world record for most people simultaneously playing a single piano!
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13 and 18-year-olds Zaria and Hailey Willard love a good bedtime story. The girls live in Delaware, but they read stories to listeners all over the world on their Zaria x Hailey Facebook page. Kids whose parents work at night, or don’t always have time to read to them, can still hear a bedtime story!
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