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Whenever a big snowstorm is expected, people run to the store to stock up on food, like bread and milk. But if you want to make sure you have enough macaroni and cheese, Costco can help. They sell a 27-pound bucket of mac and cheese! 180 servings should be enough to survive any storm!
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It’s not unusual to look up at a telephone wire, and see a row of birds sitting on it. But in Mutsu City Japan, people were surprised to see 20 wild monkeys walking across an overhead wire! The Japanese macaques may have been escaping angry residents, who have to shoo the monkeys from their gardens.
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Kids at Mundelein High School in Illinois, came back to a big surprise after their winter break. There were gigantic books in the halls of the English department! Each teacher picked one of their favorite books, and the cover was printed on a mural outside their door. It’s like wandering through a giant’s library!
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The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What’s happening? Give up? You’re digging a big hole! January is International Brain Teaser Month. Riddles, puzzles, and even word problems in math class, are all types of brain teasers. The Greek mathematician Archimedes was making his students do word problems in 250 BC!
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Today is Marzipan Day. Marzipan is made using almond meal, and sugar or honey. The paste can be rolled out to cover cakes, or formed into sweet edible sculptures, like tiny animals or fruits, realistically painted with food coloring. I’d like to make all the planets. You could make a marzipan pan of Marses!
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A wild elephant in Thailand misunderstood the meaning of “drive-thru restaurant.” Auan-tia, an elephant who lives in the Chachoengsao wildlife sanctuary, was blocking the road and taking food from passing vehicles. He grabbed some sugarcane from the first truck, then continued down the row picking the crops he liked! I hope he supersized it!
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You’re never to old to learn to fly. Betty Goedhardt had a fear of heights when she was younger, back when she was only 78. Someone gave her a lesson at Trapeze High for a gift, which forced her to overcome her fears. Now, Betty is 86, and the oldest female performing flying trapeze artist! Amazing!
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A new study could help everyone study. Scientists found that drawing can help you remember things better than writing and rewriting them. Doodling pictures of your vocabulary words, drawing the items on your grocery list, or sketching a picture of a new friend using letters from their name, will help you remember them!
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I hope it rains today, because it’s Step In A Puddle And Splash Your Friends Day! You should probably warn them first, so they can either run away, or get ready to splash you back. After all, we wouldn’t want it to become Everyone’s Mad At You For Getting Them Wet Day!
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Dot-dash, dot-dash-dot-dot, dot, dash-dot-dot-dash, dot-dash. That’s my name! What’s yours? It’s Learn Your Name In Morse Code Day. Morse code assigned a pattern of short and long taps to each letter, to communicate by telegraph before telephones were invented. Use it to send messages by flashlight, or tapping on your desk.
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