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Last week, around 4,500 kids from Los Angeles California celebrated Kids Ocean Day by going to the beach. They spent the morning cleaning up Dockweiler State Beach and learned about ocean pollution, storm water run-off, and the effects plastics can have on marine life. Then they formed a giant wave for an awesome aerial photo!
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There’s a new kid at the Oregon Zoo. Sassy the mountain goat had a baby! The little guy was on its feet 10 minutes after being born! A day later, it was frolicking on the rocks, looking adorable! Mountain goats live in western mountain ranges in North America, climbing the tiniest rock ledges with ease!
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Over the weekend in California, Snoop Dogg broke a world record. The rapper mixed up the largest gin and juice in the world! The giant paradise cocktail had 180 bottles of gin, 154 bottles of apricot brandy, 38 bottles of orange juice, a pineapple and melon garnish on a sword, a pink parasol, blocks of ice, and a massive straw!
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Scientists have recently discovered a 240 million year-old lizard! The Megachirella wachtleri is only 3 inches long, but it is the ancestor of all living lizards and snakes! The Triassic period fossil was found in the Dolomite mountains in Italy 15 years ago, but new technology has revealed the lizard’s monumental importance in understanding their evolution.
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Everybody smile; it’s National Smile Day! See how many smiles you can collect from others, just by giving them a big grin! This one will be harder: it’s National Speak In Complete Sentences Day. See if anyone notices something unusual when you answer with more than “Yes”, “No”, or “Fine!”
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When Mount Vesuvius erupted in Pompeii in the year 79, it preserved the city in ash. Archaeologists continue to study the city’s ruins and its inhabitants nearly 2000 years later. They recently uncovered an unusual skeleton. He escaped the early eruptions, but was killed by a 661 pound rock landing on him. Talk about bad luck!
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Scientists have discovered an amazing thing about stick insects. Even if their camouflage fails and they get eaten by a bird, any eggs inside the insect can survive being digested! They can get pooped out far away and hatch, starting a new community. That’s the same way some seeds are dispersed! Stick bugs are like plants!
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Corey Patrick wanted to graduate from high school with his friends. Even though his family had moved to a different city, he made the long journey by bus every day. Getting to graduation on the bus in his cap and gown, his determination became such an inspiration, that radio host Ricky Smiley gave him a new car!
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In 1977, the first Star Wars movie was made. Now, you can buy a piece of the original movie set. A section of the Death Star, used in Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope, is being auctioned on ebay! You can bid on it until June third, but the price is already over $10,000.
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Quick! Send a telegraph; it’s Loomis Day! Mahlon Loomis was a dentist who introduced wireless telegraphy in 1868. He experimented with kites, sending signals through the atmosphere. He also invented artificial teeth! It’s also Water A Flower Day. Don’t let all your beautiful new flowers dehydrate now that the weather is heating up!
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