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Today is National Spumoni Day! Even though it’s often hard to find, it’s my favorite ice cream flavor! It has cherry, pistachio, and chocolate layers with candied fruits and nuts. It’s also Senior Citizens Day! Seniors can tell you awesome stories about the olden days before cell phones. Just ask!
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The Hogle Zoo in Utah is a good place to see some unusual kittens! Jilin, an Amur leopard, made her first appearance to the public. So did Amari, a black-footed cat. 5 Pallas cats named Tashi, Kaz, Bataar, Pema, and Nox completed the kitten party. They were all born in May, and are purr-fectly adorable!
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If you love making music, you might have also made a makeshift instrument at some point in your life. An Alaskan girl named Kayla made a xylophone out of some rope and pieces of kelp! She was bored on a fishing boat, and passed the time by performing the song, Under the Sea!
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A team of Australian health researchers surveyed patients in hospitals, to see if people searched online for their medical problems, before coming to the emergency room. About half of them had, and it turns out it was helpful. The patients were able to describe their symptoms more clearly, and understand the treatments better.
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Basking sharks are among the largest fish in the ocean, second only to the whale shark. These gentle, 35 foot-long sharks, eat plankton while migrating huge distances through the oceans. Scientists have tagged 7 basking sharks with transmitters, to learn more about the vulnerable creatures, in order to protect the remaining population.
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Turn off the TV and put down your screens today. It’s National Radio Day! The radio was invented in the late 1800’s. Before television, people gathered around the radio to listen to shows, like Dragnet or Gunsmoke. It’s also World Mosquito Day. Mosquitoes spread malaria and other diseases. But they’re great food for bats!
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A new species of seahorse was recently discovered. The Hippocampus japapigu, or Japan pig, is only about 15 millimeters long! The pygmy seahorses are playful, and found throughout Japan. They are so tiny that you could fit 100 of them in your hand! Maybe that’s why they weren’t discovered until now!
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The New York University School of Medicine announced this week, that it would give free tuition to all M.D students! This will save students over $55,000 per year, and help them focus on becoming outstanding doctors. NYU hopes it will inspire more people to become physicians, if they can eliminate medical school costs.
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Researchers are exploring a new idea to help prevent earthquake damage, and recycle at the same time. They believe soil mixed with rubber pieces from old tires, could be an effective foundation for buildings. If the rubber can reduce the seismic vibrations, buildings would be less likely to collapse!
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It’s International Orangutan Day, celebrating the expressive orange-haired apes. They are an endangered species, found only in Borneo and Sumatra. While orangutans grow only about 5 feet tall, their arm span can reach 7 feet from tip to tip! Palm oil plantations are the biggest threat to the wild population, destroying their rainforest homes.
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