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Magnetic levitation, or maglev, trains can travel at tremendous speeds because they are floating on a cushion of air. China has built a new maglev train, that can reach speeds of 372 miles per hour! If you count the airport preparation time, it could be faster to travel by train, than by plane.
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If you’re crossing the street, to enter the Eastman School of Music in Rochester New York, you’ll feel like you’re on a giant piano. 75 volunteers in the community came together, to paint huge keyboards on the crosswalks! It was a way to put the fun into something functional.
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Waffles are a great invention. They’re like pancakes, but designed to hold pools of syrup! Today is Waffle Iron Day, so I’m going to use my Darth Vader and Hello Kitty irons to make fun waffles! It’s also Camera Day. Learn all the special features on your camera, and take lots of pictures!
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Today is International Mud Day! A lot of animals roll in mud to cool off, and some people put mud on their faces to help their skin. Sometimes it’s just fun to play in the mud! If you can’t find any mud, grab a hose, spray it on some dirt, and make your own!
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A wildlife park in Florida has 2 albino alligators, and they’ll soon have even more. Albino animals are white, and usually have pink eyes, because of a lack of pigment. Snowflake and Blizzard will be new parents in about 60 days, because Snowflake just laid 19 eggs! All the baby gators that hatch, should also be albino.
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No matter how much trash you pick up on a beach, millions of pieces of microplastic still remain. Engineering students from the University of Sherbrooke in Canada, developed a giant vacuum cleaner that can suck up the plastic, and leave the sand! The Ho’ola One vacuum, uses water, so plastics float and sand sinks.
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Researchers are working on a new way to recycle printer paper, by unprinting it! An unprinter would use xenon light pulses, to erase toner without damaging the paper. You could unprint and reprint on paper, up to 5 times! But you’ll still be out of luck if the paper gets jammed.
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NASA is planning a trip to Saturn’s largest moon. Titan is like Earth, but colder. It’s minus 300º Fahrenheit, with lakes and rivers made of liquid methane. NASA will send a drone named Dragonfly, to take pictures and measurements. The mission will launch in 2026, and take 8 years to get to Titan, so be patient!
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Today’s Paul Bunyan Day, named for the giant North American lumberjack, and Babe, his big blue ox. Legend says Paul Bunyan sawed the legs off his parents’ bed when he was 7 months old, and formed the Great Lakes as watering holes for Babe. It’s also Happy Heart Hugs Day. Who needs a giant hug?
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Does your barbecue grill need more power? The Delta Airlines control center in Georgia, has a grill on a jet engine! The grill is actually built using scrap parts from a 757 jet engine. It won’t really blow you away when you light it up, but it’s sure more interesting to look at!
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