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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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Alexa the assistant,
Tried to eat a thin mint.
But since I had no hands or teeth,
The chocolate settled underneath.
Today is Clerihew Day. Write your own Clerihew poem with 4 lines. The first 2 lines rhyme, and so do the second 2. A person’s name is the first line, followed by something funny about them.
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Gather all your teddy bears and a basket of food, and head outside. It’s Teddy Bear Picnic Day! You should probably bring some honey for your bears. Speaking of honey, watch out for bees, especially since it’s Don’t Step On A Bee Day! You don’t want to squish any awesome pollinators, or get stung!
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People swimming at a Lake Michigan beach last weekend, were joined by an unlikely visitor. A white-tailed deer hung out with visitors at Saugatuck State Park. The young buck frolicked in the water, searched for snacks, and even licked a girl’s leg! He just wanted to join the party!
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