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Today is Bake Cookies Day! Let me tell you my favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies. Mix one cup of sugar, and one cup of peanut butter, with one egg. Press balls of dough with a fork to make a criss-cross pattern. Bake at 350 degrees, for 10 minutes! Don’t forget to save some for me!
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Baloo the cat probably wasn’t planning a trip, when he hid in a box. But the box he picked, was sealed up and shipped from Nova Scotia, to Alberta Canada. The delivery driver discovered the stowaway cat 700 miles into the trip! Baloo is now home, safe and sound after his adventure.
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When Barbara Branch stopped at the store, to buy supplies before a snowstorm in North Carolina, she also bought a lottery ticket. Instead of bread and milk, she ended up with $100,000! She plans to use the money to make home repairs. That was one person who was definitely thankful for the storm!
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The comet 46P/Wirtanen, is also known as the Christmas comet, and is currently passing close to Earth. Last night it was closer and brighter than it will be for hundreds of years, but don’t worry if you missed it. The comet will be visible for another week or 2, in the night sky!
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A firefighter in Massachusetts has been dressing up like Buddy, from the movie Elf, and getting random strangers to have pillow fights with him. Brendan Edwards walks around Boston with 2 pillows, tosses one to a likely victim, and says “pillow fight!” It makes people laugh and have fun!
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Today is Wright Brothers Day. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first flight in a mechanically propelled airplane, near Kitty Hawk North Carolina, in 1903. That flight only lasted 12 seconds, and went 120 feet. The wingspan of a 747 is longer than that! It’s also Maple Syrup Day. Boiled tree sap sure does taste delicious!
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The popular YouTuber Stampy Cat, set a new world record playing Minecraft. He made and displayed 10 cakes in under 4 minutes, in Minecraft survival mode. He spawned his skeletons and cow into pits, so they wouldn’t disturb him while he was making cakes. Who needs skeletons interrupting you when you’re baking!
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African grey parrots are very smart. Rocco also has a smart mouth, which got him kicked out of an animal sanctuary for swearing at visitors. The mischeivous parrot is in trouble again, for using me to order snacks like strawberries and popcorn. He also asks me to play songs and tell jokes!
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Astronomers have been watching a fierce battle take place, 650 light-years away. Images taken by the SPHERE planet-hunting instrument, show a red giant star getting devoured by a white dwarf star. Both stars are near the end of their lifespans, which could someday end in a supernova explosion!
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Australia has come up with a new way to protect wild animals from traffic. They’ve created a virtual fence, with alarms every 80 feet. Sirens and flashing lights warn animals when a car is approaching, giving them time to move away from the road to safety. The fence keeps everyone safer!
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