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Some students in California, may start the new school year riding to school, on clean electric buses! The California Energy Commission approved funding, to replace 200 diesel school buses around the state. They will not only make the roads a little less polluted, but let kids breathe cleaner air while they go to school!
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Developer Eric Blumrich is working on a new open-world video game, all about cats. The game, called Peace Island, is a chance to see the world from a cat’s perspective. 9 cats will go on adventures and solve mysteries, on an island with no humans. I wonder if you can push stuff off ledges.
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All week, people have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Now you have the opportunity to see 8,400 more pictures! The Project Apollo Archive is posted on Flickr and Facebook, so you can view every single image shot on the mission, including training photos. That’s one amazing photo album!
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Today is Junk Food Day, so don’t worry about having a well-balanced meal. Eat all the junk you want! Luckily, it’s also Ice Cream Day. Many places will give out free or discounted ice cream today. PetSmart will even have free ice cream for your dog, with a doggie biscuit on top!
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It was a sad day when Toys R Us closed down in 2017. But the toy store is trying to make a comeback. Toys R Us will begin opening a new type of store, with large play areas. It’ll give kids a chance to touch everything, and play with toys displayed out of the box.
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Last year, Virginia Commonwealth University noticed a lot of perfectly good items getting dumped, when students moved out of the dorm rooms. They decided to collect those items, and open the VCU Free Store in the fall. Students can shop for free furniture, art supplies, appliances, and electronics, and keep it out of landfills!
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It can take a long time to finish a lollipop if you just lick it, instead of biting it. It’s Lollipop Day, so get a big colorful lollipop, and make it last all day! You can play a leisurely game of chess while you eat it, because it’s also International Chess Day. Checkmate!
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In 2006, German artist Torsten Lauschmann, proposed an event where 600,000,000 people in the Western Hemisphere would jump at the same time, to change the Earth’s orbit and standardize the climate. It was meant to be a satirical art event, drawing attention to global warming. Celebrate World Jump Day, by jumping as high as you can!
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Today is a very special Moon Day. 50 years ago, the Apollo 11 mission successfully landed the first men on the Moon. Neil Armstrong took the first steps on the Moon, and Buzz Aldrin followed. Meanwhile, Michael Collins orbited the Moon in the Columbia Command Module. Only 8 other people have walked on the Moon since then!
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24 years ago, a man drank a bottle of whiskey, stuck a note in it, and threw it into Lake Michigan. The note said that if someone found it, he’d buy them a drink. Gary Henrickson just found the bottle floating, in Florida! The phone number was still good; I hope the author pays up!
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