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Today is Shark Awareness Day. There are over 400 species of sharks, from the 7-inch dwarf lanternshark, to the 60-foot whale shark. Only 34 shark species have ever made a rare attack on a human, but humans kill over 100,000,000 sharks per year. You’re actually 20 times more likely to get killed by a cow, than a shark!
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Chaos! Ruckus! Commotion! It’s all good on Pandemonium Day! Cause pandemonium by tying a tape measure in a knot, then celebrating Tape Measure Day. Measure the length of your cheesey noodles, since today is also Mac And Cheese Day. Then try to measure a wet dog with your cheese-covered ruler. That’ll cause real pandemonium!
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The Sheffield City Council announced yesterday, that their hopscotching world record attempt was official. In May, the British town had set the new world record for most people playing hopscotch simultaneously! 664 local children and residents took Move More Month seriously, by jumping their way into the record books. Congratulations!
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Wednesday was a big day for the asteroid Ryugu. It got a visitor! The Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe, landed on the asteroid’s surface. The probe had been making observations since June, but has landed in order to explore, and collect rock samples. It’ll start the 5,500,000-mile journey back home, at the end of the year.
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Do you know anyone with a garden igloo? You can buy a 12-foot, see-through, bubble-house, for your backyard! They’re becoming more popular, because there are so many uses. You can use them as play areas, tents, greenhouses, reading rooms, or to escape your brothers. It can even stand up to wind and snow!
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Researchers in Switzerland have been studying how to slow down climate change. The simplest way is to plant trees! Lots of trees. Like 1,000,000,000,000 of them. The best thing is, no politicians have to be involved, and no scientists need to invent anything. Anyone can plant a tree! What are you waiting for? Get planting!
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Today is French Fry Day! In some countries, they’re called chips, and chips are called crisps. Eat your fries while looking for some cool rocks to celebrate International Rock Day. Are they igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic? Today is also Embrace Your Geekness Day, so feel free to share every detail of your latest obsession!
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A hotel in Japan, has a new room for anyone who’s ever wanted to spend the night in the cockpit of an airplane. The Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu has a Superior Cockpit Room, equipped with a flight simulator! $234 gets you 2 beds in a room that feels like a Boeing 737. Flying the simulator costs $277 extra.
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Last month, 10 year-old Selah Schneiter spent 5 days rock-climbing in Yosemite National Park. They weren’t just any old rocks. She was the youngest person to summit El Capitan, taking the extremely difficult nose route. During the 3000-foot climb, she had to spend 4 nights sleeping on a shelf attached to the rock wall! That sounds crazy!
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Last week in Washington state, a stampede of dinosaurs thundered down the track at Emerald Downs Racetrack. 2 dozen people in T-Rex costumes raced toward the finish line with their heads flopping around, some struggling to simply stay on their feet. The dinosaur named Regular Unleaded won the race, followed by Rex Girlfriend.
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