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The United Kingdom has been experiencing a heat wave for weeks. The parched Welsh countryside is starting to show ancient monuments that have been invisible for decades. The traces of centuries-old walls and foundations show up from the air like a map, leading to new archaeological discoveries. They’ll disappear once the drought is over!
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Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Fozzie Bear are some of the Muppets that have been turned into toys. And 16 year-old Rhett Safranek probably owns them. The Nebraska teen owns a record-breaking 1841 pieces of Muppet memorabilia! He’s been a fan since he was 2 months old, when his parents bought him his first Muppets video!
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Spanish researchers gave young men a chance to become the famous physicist, Albert Einstein, by using a virtual reality suit. Interestingly, after they saw themselves as an elderly genius, they did better on tests, and were also less biased against the elderly. The technique may be helpful for people with low self-esteem.
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Sometimes it helps to plan ahead. Sam Riding from Liverpool is planning a trip to Boston Massachusetts, so he posted a notice online. He asked locals for their favorite spots, hoping to avoid the popular tourist spots. He got loads of responses and has already made dozens of new friends, before even arriving in Boston!
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Today is National Cheer Up The Lonely Day. Try to spend time with someone who lives alone, or visit a nursing home to give the residents someone new to talk to. Afterwards, stop by 7-Eleven for a free Slurpee! Every July eleventh is 7-Eleven Day! Don’t give yourself a brain freeze!
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Plastics and straws have been getting a lot of attention, because they are so bad for the environment. Starbucks is the latest company with plans to discontinue their use of plastic straws. Instead of the 1 billion straws a year they currently use, they’ll use a strawless lid or biodegradable straws.
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Can you do chin-ups? How about hula hoop? What about doing chin-ups while hula hooping! Rachael Lust just did a record breaking 12 chin-ups while rotating a hoop around her waist. Chin-ups are done with your palms facing in, while pull-ups are performed with palms facing out. Most pull-ups while hula hooping has its own record.
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Researchers have found fossilized chlorophyll, a pigment found in plants and bacteria, in rocks over one billion years old. The pigment was pink! Chlorophyll itself is actually green, but the molecular building blocks of chlorophyll, called porphyrins, can be red or purple. The ancient oceans were swimming with brightly-colored microscopic cyanobacteria!
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Put down those dirty dishes! If you have a dishwasher, there’s no need to pre-wash them by hand. Pre-washing dishes could be wasting 6000 gallons of water per year in your household, as well as 10 days of time. Modern dishwashers will clean them. Really. Just scrape off the food scraps!
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Gather all your teddy bears together, and a basket of food, because it’s Teddy Bear Picnic Day! Have your picnic in the countryside, where you can watch some cows, because it’s also Cow Appreciation Day! Bears love honey, and bees make honey, and it’s Don’t Step On A Bee Day, so watch your step!
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