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Do you have red hair? Today’s the day to celebrate its glorious color. It’s Love Your Red Hair Day! Today is also National Doughnut Day. Doughnuts are so good, there’s also a Doughnut Day in June. In 1847, 16 year-old Hanson Gregory claimed the invention of the first ring-shaped doughnut. Pardon me while I go eat doughnuts!
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In Norway, you may soon be able to retrieve your mail from a robot! The mail delivery droid can deliver to 100 houses per day. As it approaches the house, a phone app alerts the resident to come out and get their mail from the robot’s locked compartments. I wonder if it has snow tires!
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The San Antonio Zoo is full of dragons! 4 baby Komodo dragons hatched from their eggs last week in Texas. Their mom, Tiga, laid the eggs last spring. The Komodo dragon is the largest lizard in the world, growing up to 10 feet long! They have a venomous bite, so beware of teething babies!
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Doctors in Canada will soon have a new option to treat patients. They’ll be able to prescribe art! Walking through an art museum can help with relaxation, mental well-being, and family relations. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will allow doctors to give patients free access to the museum, and art can help heal them!
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In many parts of the world, you got an extra hour to sleep in this morning. That’s because the clocks were set back one hour, since Daylight Saving Time ended. Not all countries use Daylight Saving, and some use different dates, so it can be confusing! Just remember: spring forward, fall back!
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Multitasking is doing more than one thing at once. Well, today is Zero Tasking Day! Just do nothing! It’s also Use Your Common Sense Day, so I shouldn’t have to point out, that doing nothing doesn’t mean silly things like, don’t breathe. There are some things everyone should know, without being told!
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St John’s Lutheran Church, in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania, is raising money to repair its steeple by attempting to set a world record. They hope to have the most people consecutively ringing a single steeple bell for 24 hours. Each person who donates, can ring the bell for 5 minutes, so hurry up! It’s happening right now!
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A dog park, bar and restaurant in Fort Worth Texas, named Mutts Canine Cantina, is looking for help. The pupternships require playing with dogs in the dog park for 4 hours a week, for 6 to 8 weeks. The pay is $100 per hour, and free food from the restaurant! What an awesome job!
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On Halloween, electronic artist Jim Campbell turned the tallest building in San Francisco California, into a tower topped by the Eye of Sauron. The Salesforce building looked like the burning eye from “The Lord of the Rings”, lit by 11,000 LED’s. Luckily, San Francisco is nothing like Mordor!
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Have you ever heard of a numbat? It’s also known as a banded anteater, although it only eats termites. One numbat can eat up to 20,000 per day! The small marsupial is native to Western Australia, and is an endangered species. It’s World Numbat Day, so look up a photo of these cute little guys!
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