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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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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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