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In what may be a world record, residents of Pedro Moncayo Ecuador built a sculpture out of 500,000 roses. The flowers form a 3600 square-foot, flat-topped pyramid. It’s a replica of an ancient pyramid in Cochasqui archaeological park in northern Ecuador. The roses were grown in the country’s highlands, in the Andes mountains.
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France’s soccer team was victorious over Croatia, to win the FIFA World Cup this week. But a charity group was the big winner. 19 year-old Kylian Mbappe, a star striker on the French team, donated his $500,000 in winnings to Premiers de Cordee. The organization helps disabled and hospitalized children play sports.
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Scientists have discovered a ton of diamonds deep below the Earth’s surface. Actually, it’s more like a qhadrillion tonnes! The diamonds are quite difficult to reach. They’re 200 miles deep, in underground rock formations called cratons, which are like upside-down mountains. Scientists used sound waves to detect the abundance of diamonds.
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Historians and archaeologists believed bread was around since the rise of agriculture, when people first started growing plants. But bread scraps over 14,000 years old have been discovered in the Middle East! That’s 4000 years earlier than previously believed. Apparently, Paleolithic hunter-gatherers were also bakers!
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Today is World Emoji Day! If you send a text message, don’t use words. Just use pictures! There are over 1800 emoji, and the smiley faces and their friends even have their own movie! If you prefer pictures on your body, it’s also National Tattoo Day. Time to plaster your arms with fake tattoos!
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The North Carolina Zoo welcomed a baby southern white rhinoceros on July 3rd. 10 days later, a 2nd rhino calf was born! After 41 years with no rhino births, the zoo now has 2 adorable babies to keep their 7 adult rhinos company! Southern white rhinos are threatened in the wild, but thriving in this zoo!
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If it seemed like that tennis game going on in Ireland lasted forever, you were right! James Cluskey and David Mullins played against Luke Maguire and Danil O’Neill for over 60 hours straight! They set a new world record and raised money for the “Enjoy Tennis” program, which teaches tennis to people with disabilities.
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You probably know oranges are good for you. They’re full of flavonoids, the chemicals that give fruits and vegetables such nice bright colors. Researchers found that eating oranges reduces the risk of macular degeneration, an eye disease that causes vision loss. Eat at least one orange a week. Your eyes will thamk you!
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A giant 64-dish telescope is revealing the clearest images ever, of the center ofour galaxy. The supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is 25,000 light years away. It looks like a swirling mass of fireballs through the MeerKat radio telescope, which is located in South Africa. Amazing!
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Look at that cute little guinea pig! He’s so soft and cuddly! Give him a treat, because it’s Guinea Pig Appreciation Day! He’d love some spinach, and what a coincidence: it’s Fresh Spinach Day! But it’s also World Snake Day, so make sure your guinea pig doesn’t become a treat for your snake!
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