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Controlled burns are fires set for farming or forest management purposes, but there’s no such thing in Australia. That’s because firehawk raptors pick up burning sticks and spread the fire to other areas! For thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have witnessed the fire-wielding birds of prey hunt animals trying to escape the fires.
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Are you a workaholic? That’s someone who’s addicted to work. Well, today is Workaholic Day! Thank the workaholics in your life by showing up a little early to work, so they can take a rare day off! It’s also International Bikini Day! Put on a 2-piece swimsuit and go to the pool!
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9th graders in Jutland Denmark illustrated the dangers of cell phones by planting seeds in two rooms. One room contained two wi-fi routers to simulate the radiation from sleeping next to a cell phone. After 12 days, the seeds in that room were dead, while the empty room had healthy green plants!
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At the center of most galaxies you will find a black hole, which is a place where gravity pulls so hard that not even light can escape. Scientists found evidence that black holes a million times more massive than our sun can control how many stars form in their galaxies!
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9000 years ago, cats started hanging out with humans. Humans began farming, rodents were attracted to crops, and wild cats came to catch the rodents. The farmers appreciated the free pest control and rewarded them with food scraps, semi-domesticating the cats. Genetic research shows cats are still mostly wild and tame themselves!
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A new material is shaping skyscrapers these days. It’s called cross-laminated timber, or CLT, and is produced in the small town of Riddle Oregon. CLT is made by glueing panels of wood together in layers. Plyscrapers are earthquake and fire resistant, cheaper to build, and environmentally friendly!
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The Fourth of July is known as Independence Day in the United States. This is the day they officially declared independence from the British Empire in 1776. If you aren’t in the USA, you can celebrate Sidewalk Egg Frying Day, as long as it’s sizzling hot where you live!
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Are you looking for a book to read this summer, that’s a real gas? Zoologist Dani Rabaiotti and ecologist Nick Caruso created a guide to animal flatulence called “Does It Fart?” Birds and sloths don’t fart. Whales do it on an epic scale. Dinosaurs could have farted 4 pounds of methane per day!
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Scientist Piotr Naskrecki created a nature documentary called “The Human Botfly”. He found his skin infested with botflies after a trip to Belize. Naskrecki extracted one, but let the others continue their life cycle and filmed the whole process. Watching maggots make their film debut is both revolting and fascinating!
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While you’re on your summer break, I bet you’re enjoying sleeping in. Human adults need 8 hours of sleep while babies need 16. Bats sleep about 20 hours, and giraffes take brief naps that add up to two hours a day. Dolphins can sleep with half of their brain and just keep swimming!
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