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Today in the United States, it’s Thanksgiving Day. In 1621, in Plymouth Massachusetts, English colonists and the Wampanoag people, who had helped the colonists survive the winter, celebrated with a harvest feast that lasted several days. The Native Americans had taught them to grow corn, squash and beans. Maybe you’ll eat some today. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Art student Betsy Bond, has just created the world’s largest knitting needles. The red plastic needles are 14 feet long, and perfectly useable. In order to be an official world record, she had to knit at least 10 stitches and rows of yarn. That’s going to be one gigantic blanket!
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An Ikea furniture store in Italy, has been taking care of stray dogs for years, by letting them sleep in the store at night. They are fed and pampered by both staff and visitors, and some have even found permanent homes with customers. Plus, you know exactly how that sofa will match your dog!
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Wombats are marsupials that live in Australia. They are about 3 feet long, dig underground burrows, and have cube-shaped poop! Scientists discovered the shape is formed by elastic variations in their digestive tract. Since they mark their territory by leaving piles of poop on logs and rocks, the cube shape keeps them from rolling away.
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The Fallen Feathers Sanctuary in Arizona, has a temporary glamorous guest. They’re taking care of a pigeon, that was found wearing a jeweled vest! The pigeon is obviously well-loved, tame, and likes to watch Westerns on TV. If the owners don’t turn up, the blinged-out pigeon will be adopted by a new family.
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Hello! Today is World Hello Day. Say hello to 10 people today, to show how communication can help preserve peace. World Television Day also celebrates communication, where the whole world can view important events. It’s also Jukebox Day. Some restaurants still have jukeboxes, like Waffle House and the Jukebox Diner. Select a good song!
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Astronomers may have discovered our Sun’s long-lost twin! HD 186302 is 184 light-years away, but was almost certainly born in the same stellar nursery, (a massive cloud of gas and dust that forms stars as it collapses), 4.57 billion years ago. If HD 186302 is the Sun’s stellar twin, it may even have a twin Earth-like planet!
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A Cambodian boy named Thaksin was working as a street vendor, to earn money to go to school. A travel blogger shared videos of him speaking French, Cantonese, Japanese, English, Mandarin, Thai, Filipino, Malay, Spanish, Korean, German, and Hainanese. After seeing the video, the Red Cross is paying for school for Thaskin’s whole family!
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Scientists in Israel have been cooking up a new recipe for fuel: turkey poop! When cooked at the right pressure and temperature, turkey waste turns into a form of coal, that can then be used as fuel for power plants. Instead of an environmental hazard, animal manure can become a renewable resource!
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Today is Universal Children’s Day. On this date in 1959, the United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, to protect children all over the world. Millie Bobby Brown, the 14 year-old actress from “Stranger Things,” is UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador, and wants everyone to go blue, as kids take the lead today!
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