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Today is Candy Day, and Sandwich Day, so use some of your Halloween candy to make a candy sandwich. While you’re eating your candwich, learn about bison and jellyfish. It’s National Bison Day, and also Jellyfish Day. The American bison is the USA’s national mammal. Jellyfish have existed for over 500 million years!
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Tractors usually aren’t known for their speed. But a father-daughter team set out to change that. Dave Archer modified his tractor, to make it as fast as possible. His daughter, Cathy Shalitz, was the driver. They took it to a racetrack in Arkansas, where the tractor set a speed record of 108 miles per hour!
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At the Esmod International Fashion Show in Istanbul Turkey, models showed off the latest fashions on the catwalk. However, it was a cat who stole the show! Showing off her striking black and white fur coat, the cat walked down the runway ahead of the models, and even playfully attacked them.
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When 8 year-old Saga Vanecek found a 1500 year-old Iron Age sword in a Swedish lake over the summer, she donated it to a museum. She’d enjoyed being Queen for a day! Her father collected donations from people in order to have a replica made, so Saga can have a sword of her very own!
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When Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan visited Australia recently, 6 year-old Gavin Hazelwood made the Duchess a special gift. He painted some dinosaur macaroni gold, and strung them onto a ribbon. She wore the necklace proudly, and Gavin decided to make a website, to sell more necklaces for charity. He’s received 250 orders so far!
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As you get dressed today, wear your favorite sports jersey. It’s National Jersey Friday! Today is also Fountain Pen Day. It might be less convenient, but an old-fashioned fountain pen, with a refillable ink reservoir, makes your writing look elegant. Try using a calligraphy fountain pen for an even fancier style!
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Archaeologists have discovered a 4500 year-old ramp in an alabaster quarry in Egypt, providing clues about how the pyramids were built. The ramp is surrounded by stairs with post holes. Ropes were probably wrapped around strong wooden posts, to create a pulley that could pull the 5070 pound blocks used to build the great pyramid!
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A big problem any mission to Mars, is being able to bring enough fuel for the return trip. NASA thinks they may have a solution: producing fuel from Martian soil. A “dust-to-thrust factory” would strip the soil into hydrogen and oxygen, then combine the hydrogen with carbon from the atmosphere, making methane rocket fuel!
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The city of Southampton England loves its bookstore, October Books. When rising rent prices threatened to put it out of business, customers raised $400,000 to help buy a new location down the block. When it came time to move, 200 people formed a human conveyor belt, to pass books one by one to their new location!
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Halloween’s over, so what will you do with your Jack-o’-lantern? You can always leave it outside. Birds, squirrels, groundhogs, deer, and other wild animals will enjoy eating your pumpkin! You can bury moldy pumpkins, which might even sprout if you’ve left seeds in it. Or you can build a catapult, and send it flying!
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