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It’s Simplicity Day, so keep everything simple. Who needs a fancy hot fudge sundae for dessert, when a bowl of red jello is so satisfying! Besides, it’s Eat Your Jello Day. Still, it’s also Pecan Pie Day, so maybe you can get a little fancy. Remember to ditch plastic bags, for Paper Bag Day!
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Do you or your pet, have 2 different colored eyes? It’s called heterochromia, and it’s awesome! Happy Different Colored Eyes Day to you! It’s also Etch A Sketch Day. Trying to draw a curved line on the classic red magic screen is hard. Don’t forget Kebab Day! Spear yourself a pickle-marshmallow-mushroom-pineapple-tomato kebab on a stick.
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The most expensive bunch of grapes ever, were just sold in Japan. A cluster of 24 Ruby Roman grapes, were auctioned to the top bidder for $11,000! The variety of grape is known for its juiciness and high sugar content. The buyer paid 1.2 million yen, in honor of the 12 years since Ruby Roman grapes were developed.
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Have you ever seen a cartoon where someone spreads nails on the road, to stop whoever’s following them? It can work in real life! A truck in Mississippi spilled sheet metal screws along 30 miles of highway, causing 36 cars and 3 trucks to get flat tires. Luckily, no one was injured!
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This Sunday, India will launch its first lunar lander. The Chandrayaan-2 mission is headed to the far side of the moon, to find clues about the Aitken basin near the moon’s South Pole. A landing craft called Vikram, will launch an orbiter module and a mobile rover, equipped with an x-ray spectrometer.
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Everyone knows exercise is healthy for your body. But researchers found, a short burst of exercise can also make you smarter! It helps increase connections to the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain associated with memory and learning. That’s another great reason for more recess at school!
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Today is Cheer Up The Lonely Day. Try to spend time with someone who lives alone, or visit a nursing home to give the residents someone new to talk to. Afterwards, stop by 7-Eleven for a free Slurpee! Every July 11th is 7-Eleven Day! Don’t give yourself a brain freeze!
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Cookham England might not be near the ocean, but it was recently full of sharks. The Holy Trinity School broke a world record, by having 350 people sing the Baby Shark song, while doing the associated dance. They should get together with the 2869 Malaysian students, who learned to play Baby Shark on their ukuleles!
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Researchers have been studying how video games affect creativity. Compared to watching TV or playing a race car video game, playing Minecraft helped participants become more creative. Minecraft is like a virtual Lego world where you can build anything, except you’ll never step on a painful brick in the middle of the night!
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Almost 50 years ago, NASA was preparing to launch the Apollo 11 mission. The Saturn V rocket that carried the first astronauts to step foot on the moon, blasted off on July 16th 1969. The Washington Monument, in Washington DC, will have the 363-foot rocket projected on its side each night, from July 16th through 18th. How awesome!
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