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Do you like to skip stones when you go to a pond? The highest number of stone skips recorded is 88, a record held by Kurt “Mountain Man” Steiner. But the longest distance a stone has ever been skimmed was an astonishing 400 feet! Dougie Isaacs nearly ran out of lake setting the new record!
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An African gray Congo parrot named Petra, has learned to use Alexa! Petra’s owner has lights that are voice activated, and Petra loves to tell Alexa to turn all the lights on and off. The parrot also has her own YouTube channel. She’s only 4 years old and already has a 300 word vocabulary!
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Fans of the science fiction show, The Expanse, can rejoice. Even though the SyFy channel did not renew it, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos saved the series. The story takes place in Earth’s future, where colonies exist on Mars and man-made space stations. Bezos believes space colonies really are in Earth’s future, and wants to help it happen.
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A pop-up museum will be opening in Los Angeles California this year, called the Pizza Experience. There will be a room where you can roll in pizza dough, a cheese cushion pool, pizza snacks, and a pizza night club. Tickets go on sale in June for the temporary museum. It will be pizza paradise!
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It’s Rocky Road Day! Rocky road ice cream and fudge is made with marshmallows, nuts and chocolate. No rocks. It’s also Trails Day, a great day for a hike on a trail outdoors. Maybe you’ll see some bears eating berries! It’s National Black Bear Day. They’re found all over North America. Happy Bear-day!
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Scientists have used the Mu-Robotex platform to build a teeny tiny house. By using an electron microscope and a tiny robot, they created a silica structure that is 20 micrometers long. That’s less than the width of a human hair! The house has windows and a chimney, but it’s too small for even a mite!
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Paris Zarcilla is a proud new dad. He went upstairs for a sweater and found a strange cat under his bed. She had just had a litter of kittens! He has been posting hilarious updates on twitter, with loads of photos of the 4 adorable kittens. Go clean under your bed; there might be kittens!
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How far would you go for a hunk of cheese? In Brockworth England, an annual race sends people down Cooper’s Hill after an 8 pound wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. The hill is so steep, it’s almost a cliff, and nearly impossible to stay on your feet. Cheese-rollers have bounced and rolled in Gloucestershire for over 100 years!
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Have you ever wanted to jump in a pool of sprinkles? You’ll get your chance in San Fransisco at the Museum of Ice Cream! The exhibit features animal cracker carousels, gummy bear gardens, and a pool full of 100 million plastic sprinkles. Of course, there’s also ice cream. Bring your camera for amazing photos!
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I dare you to wear a dress, go barefoot, paint your nails, flip a coin, eat a doughnut with an olive on it, and say how delicious it tastes! Why? Because today is Doughnut, Olive, Nail Polish, Wear A Dress, Go Barefoot, Flip A Coin, Say Something Nice, and Dare Day! June first is a busy day!
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