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Wake up! It’s time to go to sleep! It’s Festival Of Sleep Day! If you have to go to school, take a nap as soon as you get home. Then go to bed early tonight, snuggled in your favorite pajamas. It’s also Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day, so take time for a little treat before bed!
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You might be able to guess, that entomologist Brett Radcliffe is a fan of the TV series, Game of Thrones. He discovered 3 new beetles, and their orange markings reminded him of fire, so he named them after dragons on the show. Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion are now immortalized as Gymnetis drogoni, rhaegali, and viserioni.
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People who steal packages from other people’s porches, or porch pirates, sometimes get what they deserve. After repeatedly having packages stolen by masked thieves, Stephanie Igoa filled a box with cat poop. Her security camera shows the thief excitedly tucking the box of poop, into his backpack. Maybe he’ll stop stealing now!
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Scientists in Antarctica drilled a hole nearly 4000 feet deep, ending in a lake deep below the ice. Lake Mercer was called a lost lake, since it was inaccessible to experiments. Now, researchers can dip into the waters through the tiny hole, to study the subglacial world, and perhaps even discover some new organisms!
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New Year’s Eve celebrations leave a mess, when people party in the streets. Yesterday in the United Kingdom, over 1000 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, started the year with good deeds, by rising early and cleaning up the streets. In 50 cities, young people filled garbage bags with trash, while their communities slept in.
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Happy Mew Year! Yes, you heard me right. It’s Happy Mew Year Day For Cats! I guess people weren’t paying enough attention to them yesterday. It’s also Science Fiction Day. On the birthday of one of the greatest science fiction writers, Isaac Asimov, read “I Robot” and watch Dr Who or Star Trek.
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Early this morning, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule, the most distant world ever studied by humans. The space rock is in the Kuiper Belt, a billion miles past Pluto! As the spacecraft whizzed by Ultimate Thule at 32,000 miles per hour, it was taking hundreds of pictures. I hope they weren’t blurry!
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In Chittogarh India, a leopard wandered into the police station! The station was evacuated while they tried to trap him, but the big cat avoided the trap. The police finally had to tranquilize the leopard, before relocating it to a safe place. Maybe it had been looking for lost spots!
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2018 was a good year for the environment. People became more aware of the hazards of plastic, leading many companies to get rid of plastic bags, and inspiring scientists to develop biodegradable plastics. People around the world planted trees, some countries protected forest or ocean habitats, and renewable energy became more popular. Hooray for Earth!
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Today is Polar Bear Swim Day. Many people raise money for charity, by swimming in ice-cold waters! Brr! It’s also Comittment Day, a movement to lead healthy and active lives. Many cities have 5K FunRuns scheduled, or you can just take a nice long walk with your family!
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