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Today is Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day! What period in time would you like to visit? But before you go, celebrate Brownie Day, just in case brownies weren’t invented yet. It’s also Gingerbread Decorating Day. Maybe you can make a design, that looks like a spaceship you saw in the future!
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China is preparing to launch the Chang 4 mission tomorrow. The Lunar mission will soft-land a spacecraft on the dark side of the moon! A rover will explore above and below the surface, and perform radio-astronomical studies. The moon’s far side faces away from Earth, so don’t bother trying to spot it with your telescope!
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A huge cave has been discovered in Canada, in British Columbia’s Wells Gray Park. It was spotted from a helicopter, with an opening 328 feet long. The massive opening inspired the cave’s nickname, the Sarlaac Pit, named after the Star Wars creature. Geoscientists believe it may have been covered by year-round snow until 20 years ago.
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A couple in Alaska were confused, when their doorbell went off at 1:30 a.m.! There was no one at the door, so they thought someone was playing a prank. When they checked the footage of their home security camera, they found a moose had backed into the doorbell. It was a moose caboose!
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‘Tis the season for ugly Christmas sweaters. Some people have sweater parties, or they might have an Ugly Holiday Sweater Day at school. Now you can complete your outfit with sweater sneakers! Ugly Sweater Levitate running shoes, by Brooks, wear a deer and pine trees sweater. They have candy cane-striped shoelaces and jingle bells!
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Today is Cotton Candy Day. Fresh, melt-in-your-mouth cotton candy, can be pretty hard to come by in the winter, since you usually find it at carnivals and fairs. The clouds of spun sugar are also called fairy floss or candy floss, and one of its inventors was a dentist!
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Burger King restaurants are getting creative with their advertising. Using the BK app on your phone, you can order a Whopper for 1 cent, but you have to do it within 600 feet of a McDonald’s! It’s sure to confuse a lot of people, and may cause parking lot traffic jams. I’m eating at home!
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The leopard eel, or reticulated siren, is an amphibian that scientists have been trying to study for many years. The giant salamander has been spotted only occasionally, in the waters of Florida. It’s green with purple spots, has large external gills, a 2 foot-long body, and a single pair of legs!
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A nutritionist has caused an internet uproar, after suggesting a healthy serving of French fries would be 6 fries. Six. I could see swiping that many from your brother, but it would be very disappointing to order fries and get only 6! Maybe we should eat a normal portion of fries, but just not as often.
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A homeless man stopped by the Sumner Food Bank in Washington to get some food, but found a bag of money instead! Kevin Booth had found $17,000, left on the doorstep. He gave it to the food bank when they opened, knowing it could help many more people than if he kept it himself!
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