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At Ardgowan Primary School in Greenock Scotland, some teachers are quite young. In fact, 3 of them are babies! Their mothers are also teachers, out on maternity leave. They bring the babies in, to teach students about empathy, understanding, and responsibility. It helps kids understand, the hard work their own parents put into raising them!
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At 8:30 pm today, turn off all your lights for Earth Hour. People around the globe will participate at 8:30 in their time zone, creating a wave of darkness sweeping across the Earth. Earth Hour was created to bring attention to each person’s part in protecting our planet. What will you do to help?
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It’s feeling like spring, so go outside. It’s Take A Walk In The Park Day! Count how many different birds you hear, and see what flowers are starting to bloom. It’s also Pencil Day, so bring along pencils and paper, and make a list, or sketch a picture. Yay for erasable writing!
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Want to pretend you’re an astronaut, and get paid for it? NASA and the European Space Agency need 24 men and women, to spend 60 days lying in bed at the German Aerospace Center. They want to study the benefits of artificial gravity, on long spaceflights. Pretend you’re traveling to Mars, and get paid $19,000!
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Oslo, the capital of Norway, is installing a wireless charging system, for electric taxis. They plan to make all the taxis electric by the year 2023, and cut down on pollution in the city. The taxis will automatically charge up at taxi stands, when they’re waiting for customers. No time, or gas, will be wasted!
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Since the 19 80’s, something odd has been washing up on French beaches. People often find Garfield phones! The telephones, shaped like the famous cartoon cat, have been escaping from a shipping container, that must have been lost at sea. The container ended up in a sea cave, and loses loot at high tide.
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Spring Break means parties on the beach for many students. But one 19 year-old is spending his time at the beach cleaning it up! Joshua Caraway traveled to Miami from Atlanta with friends. They were there to party, not pick up trash. But visiting tourists were inspired by Joshua, and helped him clean the beach!
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Today is Mom And Pop Business Owners Day. Visit a small, family-owned business the next time you need something, because they need something too: your business! It’s also No Homework Day, the day so good, it will get celebrated again in May! Remind your teachers, so they don’t miss out on the fun!
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Deputies in Florida helped the Indiana Police Department, recover a stolen vehicle. It wasn’t a car, or even a truck. It was a hot air balloon! The stolen property was spotted in the air, at the Villages Hot Air Balloon Festival. The balloon was delivered to its owner in the Midwest, hopefully by airmail!
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Paul Seddon is an animal rescuer in England, who was called to trap an exotic amphibian on a balcony. The salamander turned out to be a stuffed animal! He’s been called to rescue a seagull that was just a plastic bag, a bat that was a moth, and a cow that was a bathtub!
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