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Today is Bridge Day, but it’s not really about bridges. It’s about BASE jumpers, the people who jump off of them for fun using parachutes or wingsuits! BASE stands for Buildings, Antennas, Spans, (like bridges), and Earth, (like cliffs). For those less daring, it’s Suspenders Day. You can just hold your pants up!
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Bigjigs Toys in Folkestone England, chugged into the record books by building the world’s longest wooden train track. With the help of ARUP, an engineering company, they constructed a toy track over 2 miles long! It took them 3 hours to lay the track, and another hour to push a train along the entire length.
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A pony lucked out when he was spotted by a police officer in Texas. The pony had fallen into a storm drain! He called the fire department to the rescue. They cut through concrete with chainsaws, and used a harness to hoist the miniature horse to safety. He’s feeling fine, just a little hoarse.
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Julie and Rich Morgan thought Steve’s Pizza in Michigan had the perfect pizza, and ate it every day. Then they moved to Indiana, 225 miles away. 25 years later, they’d planned a trip to Steve’s for Julie’s birthday, but Rich got sick. The manager, 18 year-old Dalton Shaffer, delivered pizzas to the hospital, over 3 hours away!
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Geologists have long believed the Earth’s core is solid, but they’ve finally been able to confirm it. A new method of detecting seismic waves, the ripples created by earthquakes, revealed that the inner core is definitely solid, but not quite as hard as they previously thought. It’s nice to get solid proof!
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How’s your life going? It’s Evaluate Your Life Day, so really think about it. Are you being kind to people? Are you lazy? Do you get enough exercise, and have a healthy diet? Do you clean up your own messes? Think about changes you can make to grow into the best adult ever.
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A black bear cub is stuck with the nickname, “Buckethead,” after getting his head trapped in a plastic snack-food jar. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources were tracking the cub for 3 days before they were able to tranquilize him to free his head. That cub will think twice before raiding the cheese balls again!
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A family in Oregon is devastated after someone picked their nose. Their 3 children burst into tears, when they discovered the giant 50 pound nose on their porch had disappeared. It was a prop from a photo shoot that the Alberts adopted, and they’re offering a reward of $6.27 for information leading to its safe return.
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It’s tough to figure out what dinosaurs really looked like when all we have left are bones. In recent years, scientists determined many dinosaurs had feathers, and could even get an idea of some of the colors. But the latest, incredibly detailed T-Rex model, is chubby and smooth-skinned. He still has tiny arms.
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Someone stole a Krispy Kreme donut van in Florida last Tuesday. It was found nearly 200 miles away by the police. Krispy Kreme gave all the donuts to the police department as a reward, and they enjoyed a few pastries. However, they gave the rest to the city’s homeless population. Everybody loves donuts!
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