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The Inca Empire, which lasted from 1400 to 1532, still holds mysteries. They communicated using khipus, instead of written words or pictograms. Khipus are knotted string devices, where the knots can represent numbers, names, or even stories and ancient philosophies. Translating the knots are like code breaking, and nobody’s been able to crack the code!
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Paper airplanes are easy and fun to make. But artist Jerry Black and Fitchburg Massachusetts residents, made a more elaborate paper airplane this week that took 3 years to build! It’s over 64 feet long and weighs 1500 pounds. It might be the biggest paper airplane in the world, but unfortunately, it doesn’t fly.
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Wildlife conservation efforts in Mexico have had a huge impact on the jaguar population. The number of Mexican jaguars has increased by 20%, to 4,800. The majority of the big cats live in the Amazon rainforest, where there is also some good news. Brazil is creating more parklands and planting millions of trees!
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Calling all musicians! An organization called Musicians On Call sends instrumentalists to play music for hospital patients in the United States. Music can be a part of the healing process. If you play an instrument, look up Musicians On Call, or contact hospitals and nursing homes directly to volunteer your talents!
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Tessellations are geometric patterns with no gaps, where the same shapes are repeated over and over again. It’s Tessellation Day! You can find tessellations in nature, like honeycombs, or in sports, like on your soccer ball. Make one of your own out of pieces of fudge, because it’s also National Fudge Day!
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How much good can you do in one hour? 500 staff members at Brown University filled 3000 backpacks with school supplies in an hour! They broke the world record while helping the United Way of Rhode Island, who will distribute the backpacks to children in need over the summer. What a kind and awesome feat!
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There’s an app for everything now, even having a dog. The Share A Dog app pairs people who want the companionship of a dog without the expense or responsibility, with dog-owners who need a companion for their dog while they’re at work. All the dogs and all the people can be happy!
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The Electrorana limoae is a newly discovered species of frog, but it’s already extinct. The tiny frog was among 4 found embedded in amber in Myanmar. The frogs lived 99 million years ago! They inhabited a tropical ecosystem where things decompose quickly, so finding a skeleton so well-preserved is extremely rare.
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Do you know someone who’s getting married and really-REALLY loves pizza? For a few lucky couples, Villa Italian Kitchen will create bouquets and boutonnieres made out of PIZZA! Food-stylist Jessie Bearden makes delicious flowers out of pizza dough, pepperoni, and mozzarella. Enter the contest today by 9 pm, on Villa Italian Kitchen’s website.
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It’s National Flip Flop Day, and Tropical Smoothie Cafe will give you a free sunshine smoothie, from 2-7 pm, if you wear flip flop sandals. Then enjoy Fly A Kite Day, to remember the date in 1752, when Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm to prove that lightning was an electrical discharge. What a shocking discovery!
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