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Today is Garage Sale Day. Go early to get the best pick, or late to get the best bargains. Since it’s also Lazy Day, try to get 16 hours of sleep throughout the day, like a lion! When you wake up, make s’mores around a fire. S’mores Day celebrates the chocolate-marshmallow-graham cracker treat!
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A sailor aboard the Sulak, a Russian boat from the Soviet Far East fishing fleet, sent a message in a bottle on June 20, 1969. 50 years later, a man in Alaska found it! The note said, “We wish you good health, many years of life and happy sailing.” Some wishes never get old!
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Everyone in Abriel Arnel’s neighborhood is crabby. She was surprised to find several visitors outside her front door. The Florida woman posted a video of her street, swarming with blue crabs! The land crabs usually live in burrows, coming out during the rainy season when their tunnels flood.
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Is your last name Green? If it is, you could get a free flight on Frontier Airlines next week! The airline is striving to be eco-friendly, and is celebrating Green Week beginning August 13th. Travelers with the Green surname will get up to $400 back, which could be enough for a free ticket!
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A raccoon in Massachusetts needed a helping hand this week. In fact, it took 16 hands to rescue the little guy, who had gotten his head stuck in a sewer grate. Firefighters and an animal rescue team worked for 2 hours to free the raccoon! He’s recovering at a rehabilitation center before returning to the wild.
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Books are the best. Book Lovers Day is for those who take time to appreciate a good book. If your home looks more like a library, with books everywhere, this day is for you! It’s also National Rice Pudding Day, so cook up a batch of this creamy dessert, and dig in!
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A bunch of people in Mississippi, broke a world record by eating watermelon together. At the 50th Watermelon Carnival, 754 people ate watermelon at the same time, smashing the previous record of 259 people. I wonder how many seeds they all spit out!
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Jamie Bisceglia thought it would be great, to have her picture taken with an octopus 3 fishermen had caught. The octopus did not think it would be so great. When she put the Pacific Red octopus near her face for a portrait, he bit her twice on the chin! I guess he really hates photos!
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Wouldn’t it be great, to make food out of thin air? A Finnish company has nearly succeeded in doing just that! Solar Foods can make a protein powder using only CO2, water, vitamins, and renewable electricity. The technology was developed by NASA. Solein powder looks and tastes like wheat flour. Yummy.
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Did you know, George Washington’s face wasn’t always on the 1 dollar bill? When the first U.S. dollar system was printed in 1862, the Secretary of Treasury, Salman P Chase, was on it. Celebrate Dollar Day by going to the Dollar Tree, where every item is a dollar! You can still buy a lot with 100 pennies!
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