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Have you ever heard of an F-R-B? It stands for Fast Radio Burst, and it’s a mysterious signal from outer space. The bursts of electromagnetic radiation come from outside our galaxy. Scientists recently traced an F-R-B back to its source. It originated in a galaxy similar to ours, 7.9 billion light years away!
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July is full of fireworks, but do you know what creates different colors? Yellow bursts are made with sodium. Red, green, and blue flares come from strontium, barium, and copper. White bursts are created with aluminum or magnesium, while golden sparkles use carbon. Combining ingredients creates even more colors! Pyrotechnics require serious scientific knowledge!
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It’s obvious plastic bags are polluting the world. Look at the trees along a highway, and you’ll see them caught in the branches. They clog streams, and get eaten by creatures in the ocean. Plastic bags get used for an average of 12 minutes! On International Plastic Bag Free Day, commit to quit using them!
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Here are 2 days that are made for each other. It’s Stay Out Of The Sun Day, and Air Conditioning Appreciation Day! It’s okay to stay inside and get away from the heat! It’s also Eat Your Beans Day. Beans tend to make you gassy. Maybe you’ll want to spend some time outside after all!
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In Las Vegas Nevada, getting a ticket could be good for the schools. The city council approved a month-long program, to let people pay off their parking tickets and minor driving violations, by donating school supplies! The supplies cost as much as the fine, but at least it’s going to a good cause!
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Have you been watching the FIFA Women’s World Cup? The soccer tournament occurs every 4 years. The semi-finals take place today and tomorrow in France, when England plays the US, and Netherlands plays Sweden. Soccer is the world’s most popular sport, and over 1,000,000,000 people are expected to watch, by the final match on Sunday!
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Nobody expects to be blanketed in ice in the middle of summer, but that’s what happened yesterday, in Guadalajara Mexico. A freak hailstorm partially buried cars in over 3 feet of hail! The pellets were small, but the sheer volume caused lots of damage. As the hail melted, it turned into rivers, seeping cars away!
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Did you forget to make someone a birthday card, or forget to make your bed? Fageddabout-it! Today is I Forgot Day, so you get a chance to do all the things your forgot to do this year. It’s the perfect excuse to not do what you’re supposed to do all day long!
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Holler for your interstellar friends to join you for some challah! It’s Earth Challah Day and World UFO Day! Who could say no to delicious bread? If you can’t spot a UFO today, make your own Unidentified Flying Objects. Fling some things through the air and see who can guess what it was!
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People in Argentina and Chile, and billions of fish in the southern Pacific Ocean, will get to see a total solar eclipse on July 2nd. When the moon passes in front of the sun, they’ll be in its shadow. The rest of South America will see a partial eclipse. Do fish have eclipse glasses?
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