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A man in Florida looked out his porch window, to see hundreds of crabs climbing on the screens. The heavy rains had caused the land crabs to seek higher ground, when their burrows flooded. Dan Skowronski says it happens about once a year, and they’re more scared of him, than he is of them.
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If you watch Stranger Things, or play Dungeons and Dragons, you probably know what a Demogorgon is. The monster with a flower-shaped head, is now a lawn sprinkler as well! You can buy a giant inflatable demogorgon to cool you off! At 6.5 feet tall, you’ll have the biggest, baddest, coolest sprinkler in town!
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Some scuba divers were diving off the coast of Australia, when a large manta ray named Freckles, kept swimming up to them and turning over. They realized she had fish hooks stuck below her eye, and was asking for help! Freckles hovered in front of Jake, the diving guide, while he removed the hooks.
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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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