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Today is Love Your Pet Day! Make sure you give your companions a little extra attention, whether it’s your dog, cat, tarantula, or pet rock! It’s also Cherry Pie Day. Try baking one from scratch, and make a bonus pie filled with your pet’s favorite food. Don’t get them mixed up! Tuna pie sounds gross.
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What makes a great comic book store? If you think you know, write an essay about it. You could win, a great comic book store! Carmelo Chimera is holding a competition, and his Oak Lawn Illinois store, Chimera’s Comics, is the prize! Enter at chimerascomics.com before February 28th, with a $25 application fee. Good luck!
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The Kuznetsk Basin in Russia, is one of the biggest coal mining areas in the world. It’s also the only place with black snow. Some Siberian cities have been blanketed in snow, that picked up coal dust from the atmosphere. Hopefully, seeing the coal pollution so clearly, will inspire new environmental regulations!
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Australia is working hard, to install renewable power to the whole country. They’re building new solar and wind power stations, to replace gas and coal power. They also plan to plant 1,000,000,000 trees in the next 30 years! Australia could have 100% renewable electricity by 2032, and its trees would remove 18 million tons of greenhouse gas per year!
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Some cities are full of feral cats. Hong Kong has feral cows! About 1,100 wild cows peacefully roam the streets, and usually cause no problems. But this month, 4 cows in Mui Wo waltzed into a grocery store, and started eating all the fruits and vegetables! I giess they thought it was an all-you-can-eat buffet!
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Today is International Tug-of-War Day. It’s an ancient game of strength that used to be an Olympic sport, where 2 teams pull on a rope in opposite directions. The Vikings used to play tug-of-war over a fire pit! Give the winner a box of Thin Mints, because it’s also Chocolate Mint Day! Yum!
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Last week in Florida, a flashing light streaked through the sky, ending in a huge flare. It was a large meteor burning up in the atmosphere, and exploding over the ocean! Experts say it was probably a foot in diameter, and that it exploded with a force equal to 100 tons of TNT.
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A Jet Blue Airways flight from Puerto Rico to Florida, picked up one extra passenger Friday night. A baby boy was born during the 3 hour trip! Coincidentally, the name of the plane is “Born To Be Blue,” but Jet Blue will be re-naming it after its youngest customer ever, with mom’s permission!
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Ever since the Dundalk Ice Dome closed in 2010, kids in Ireland could only skate for 7 weeks in the winter, when seasonal ice rinks opened. The Flying Penguins youth hockey team was invited to Canada, where they met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau convinced Irish lawmakers to build a new indoor ice rink!
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A wave of blue swept through Lauchringen Germany on Saturday. It was a world record gathering of Smurfs! 2,762 people showed up dressed as Smurfs. In order to be counted, all visible skin had to be blue. Gargamel was not welcome. I wonder if they all sang a happy song together!
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