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The English town of Sidmouth has a giant mass of fat, oil, and wet-wipes lurking in the sewer. The hardened fatberg is bigger than the Leaning Tower of Pisa! It will take workers 8 weeks to remove it. They recommend putting your pipes on a diet: no more grease or wet-wipes down the drains!
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Hospital food usually gets a bad rap, but a moose in Alaska seemed to enjoy it. The moose just walked into the Alaska Regional Hospital, and started munching on decorative plants in the atrium. After she tasted a few for her morning snack for about 10 minutes, she wandered back outside and left.
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Are you still adjusting to getting up early, after sleeping in during your winter break? Human adults need 8 hours of sleep while babies need 16. Bats sleep about 20 hours, and giraffes take brief naps that add up to two hours a day. Dolphins can sleep with half of their brain and just keep swimming!
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Are you shocked to hear it’s National Static Electricity Day? Static electricity is produced when the positive and negative charges of an atom become unbalanced. See static in action by rubbing a balloon against your head. It will stick! Shuffle around the carpet with rubber-soled shoes and try to zap someone. Yee-ouch!
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A couple in Rhode Island is helping to recycle Christmas trees, by feeding them to their goats. Bela, Fleck, Marlin, and Bruce love to eat pine needles. Goats everywhere are chowing down on delicious trees! Before throwing out your old tree, see if there are any farms near you that accept donations.
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A man in London got a bonus when he bought a new tea kettle. When the lid was removed, a little corn snake slithered out! Barry Downey had gotten the kettle on sale at Argos, but the snake must have squeezed into the box at a warehouse. Animal rescue is looking for her owner.
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A German manufacturing company has created the first electric motorcycle, that was entirely 3D-printed! BigRep made an e-motorbike, called the NERA, that weighs only 132 pounds. The bike’s seat, bumpers, steering, and even airless tires, were all made on a printer; only the electronics were added. The NERA is not for sale yet. Sorry!
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Today is Earth’s Rotation Day. The Earth spins on its axis, like a globe. It takes 24 hours, or 1 day, to make 1 rotation, but the rotation speed can change slightly. In 1851, Leon Foucault demonstrated how the Earth rotates, by hanging a heavy ball, and watching its path change. Watching a Foucault Pendulum swing, is fascinating!
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Make some time today to take a nice long bubble bath. While you’re soaking, make up a poem to recite at school or work, and eat some English toffee! Use some soothing lotion before getting dressed in argyle socks. It’s Bubble Bath, Poetry At Work, English Toffee, Winter Skin Relief, and Argyle Day!
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A teenager and a young elephant had a tug-of-war, and the elephant won. The teen was visiting the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, when the pachyderm reached over and grabbed her purse! She was able to grab her phone from the bag before giving up. The elephant just wanted the mangoes inside!
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