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Today is Ancestor Appreciation Day. Did any of your ancestors come from other countries? Make a family tree, label your parents and grandparents, and see how far back you can trace. Then go stomp a soda can for Crush A Can Day. It’s fun, plus it makes it more compact to recycle!
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19 year-old Aldi Novel Adilang, from Indonesia, was rescued after 49 days adrift at sea. He’d been working on the lights on a rompong, which is a floating fishing trap that looks like a small hut, when the ropes holding the raft snapped. He survived by catching and cooking fish, and straining saltwater through his shirt.
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A little boy in Germany has been parking his bike against the same lamppost every day for the last year. This week, he found a reserved sign on the post. Someone had made a parking sticker with a photo of his bike, and reserved the spot just for him!
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Earlier this month, a mom in Australia cut up an orange for her son, which started turning purple overnight. Scientists have finally figured out why. Her knife had recently been sharpened, and particles of iron were left on its surface. The iron reacted with anthocyanins, a pigment found naturally in oranges. Mystery solved!
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What do you like on your french fries, ketchup or mayonnaise? You don’t have to decide anymore! Heinz Mayochup is here! The ketchup-mayonnaise combo is not really new, and is sometimes called fry sauce. But Americans are excited to see the new Heinz release in the condiment aisle.
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Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, the birthday of John Chapman in 1774. He traveled around the United States, planting orchards of apple trees. He ate out of his tin hat, which is why he’s often depicted with a pot on his head. It’s also Lumberjack Day, originally created as an excuse to eat pancakes!
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Last weekend, dancers in Northern Ireland tapped their way to a new world record. As part of Belfast’s Culture Night, 445 people from ages 2 to 87, took the biggest ever tap-dancing class! They had to take a 30-minute class, followed by a 3-minute performance. The event also raised money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
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An amusement park in Missouri is holding an unusual contest. In honor of their annual Fright Fest, Six Flags St Louis will challenge 6 people to lie in a coffin for 30 hours. Anyone who completes the challenge will be in a raffle to win $300, plus they get to keep the coffin!
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The Japanese Space Agency, JAXA, has landed 2 robots on the surface of the Ryugu asteroid! Rover-1A and Rover-1B are the first man-made objects to move across an asteroid’s surface. The drones are hopping around the surface, collecting data. The information and samples could date back 4 billion years, to the beginning of our solar system!
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The tiny country of Niue, an island in the South Pacific Ocean, has a population of about 1625 people. And one duck. The island has never had a duck before and it’s a mystery how he got there. Trevor has made a home in a puddle by the airport, and locals feed and love him!
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