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A man in London got a bonus when he bought a new tea kettle. When the lid was removed, a little corn snake slithered out! Barry Downey had gotten the kettle on sale at Argos, but the snake must have squeezed into the box at a warehouse. Animal rescue is looking for her owner.
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A German manufacturing company has created the first electric motorcycle, that was entirely 3D-printed! BigRep made an e-motorbike, called the NERA, that weighs only 132 pounds. The bike’s seat, bumpers, steering, and even airless tires, were all made on a printer; only the electronics were added. The NERA is not for sale yet. Sorry!
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Today is Earth’s Rotation Day. The Earth spins on its axis, like a globe. It takes 24 hours, or 1 day, to make 1 rotation, but the rotation speed can change slightly. In 1851, Leon Foucault demonstrated how the Earth rotates, by hanging a heavy ball, and watching its path change. Watching a Foucault Pendulum swing, is fascinating!
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Make some time today to take a nice long bubble bath. While you’re soaking, make up a poem to recite at school or work, and eat some English toffee! Use some soothing lotion before getting dressed in argyle socks. It’s Bubble Bath, Poetry At Work, English Toffee, Winter Skin Relief, and Argyle Day!
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A teenager and a young elephant had a tug-of-war, and the elephant won. The teen was visiting the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, when the pachyderm reached over and grabbed her purse! She was able to grab her phone from the bag before giving up. The elephant just wanted the mangoes inside!
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A new species of frog was discovered, on a tabletop mountain in Ecuador, at an altitude of over 6500 feet. It’s been named the Hillis torrent frog, and it’s already endangered due to mining. The frogs are speckled with gold, or tiger-striped, and have an unusual claw-like growth at the base of the thumb.
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In Bulgaria, doctors successfully implanted a 3D-printed rib into a patient for the first time! Bones can be printed from a unique material called Nylon 680, instead of using titanium. The printed rib acts more like the patient’s natural bones, and was created in less than 24 hours for only $114!
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It’s fun to tap a statue and watch its head bounce around. It’s National Bobblehead Day, and it might be the perfect time to get a bobblehead of your very own! The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, which is supposed to open in Milwaukee this winter, makes custom bobbleheads for $170!
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Today is Old Rock Day. Spend some time with your favorite rock, whether it’s an awesome fossil, a soothingly smooth stone, a colorful conglomerate, or just a hefty hunk of gravel! Get a pet rock, or decorate one and leave it for someone to find, or go climb a rock! Old Rock Day rocks!
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Oops! Andre Kuipers, a Dutch astronaut on the International Space Station, accidentally dialed 9-1-1 while making a call from outer space. He set off an alarm at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, but no emergency vehicles were dispatched. A few years ago, a British astronaut dialed a wrong number, and asked for planet Earth.
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