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How does more recess time sound to you? After a school in Texas started giving children four recess periods a day, the kids are learning more! The extra activity time helps them focus better, and fidget less, when they get back in the classroom. Taking play breaks is good for your body and brain!
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A group of best friends in Texas wanted to grow old together, so they decided to build a house to share. Their plans changed, and instead, they built one community building, and teeny-tiny houses next door to each other! It’s the perfect way to have your own space, but still spend time with friends!
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The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago Illinois, welcomed a new baby. After 15 months of pregnancy, the rare black rhino, Kapuki, had a calf! The baby stood up when it was less than an hour old, and began nursing. The zoo won’t name the calf until they know whether it’s a boy or a girl.
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Today is Buy A Musical Instrument Day! Would you like to play piano? Maybe you’d prefer the violin or saxophone, so you can carry your instrument to school. If you want something to annoy the neighbors, try the drums or bagpipe. You could also get a pocket-sized harmonica or nose flute! Make some music!
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Germany uses renewable energy sources, like wind and sun, to power much of the country, but they still use fossil fuels like oil and coal, as a backup. A new salt-based technology could change that. When a substance called quicklime is exposed to water, it stores heat. It’s like a battery made of salt!
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6 years ago, Theokilitos Takis Proestakis found an injured dog at a garbage dump in Greece. Takis had the dog treated by a veterinarian before releasing him, then started bringing him food. Soon, Takis was feeding 70 stray dogs! He decided to open Takis Shelter on land near the dump, and has rescued over 1000 dogs!
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David Jacobs had rented a house with a pool in Florida for a vacation. He’d noticed an alligator a lake near the home, but he didn’t expect to see it in the pool! The biggest surprise, was that the alligator was floating on an inflatable pool raft, shaped like an alligator! How cute!
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9th grader Ja’shon Lambert has been impressing people with his Ironman suit. He wanted to make an outfit to wear to the Avengers Endgame movie, so he created a suit using cardboard and a hot glue gun! He layered cardboard pieces together for an amazing costume, but he’d better stay out of the rain!
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Did you get the memo? It’s Memo Day! Short for memorandum, a memo is a note to give a group of people information. It’s also World Meditation Day. Focus your mind to reach a calm state of being. Then, for Strawberries And Cream Day, whip your own cream to cover sweet strawberries, and enjoy!
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Last week, students at an Ohio high school had a lesson in Bubble-ology, with Gary Pearlman, also known as Dr. U R Awesome. He’s a bubble expert who holds 6 bubble-related world records. Math and physics students were attempting to break the world record for the largest indoor bubble, which was 65 cubic feet.
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