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65 year-old Scott Howard made a full time job of skiing this season. He has skied every day for 8 to 9 hours at Killington Resort in Vermont, and plans to continue until it closes at the end of May. He’s already skied over 6 million vertical feet this season, which happens to be a world record!
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Misha and Blizzard are snow leopards at the Sacramento Zoo in California. They are also parents to a new baby snow leopard! You can’t visit Misha and her cub right now because they need their privacy, but he’ll get a name and be introduced to the public later this summer.
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Ancient Greeks and Romans mined silver and lead to use in metal work. The lead pollution drifted on the wind all the way to Greenland, and landed there mixed with snow. Researchers are studying samples of ice that have thousands of years worth of pollution layers, to learn about ancient wars, plagues, famines and prosperity!
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A giant stinky carcass washed ashore in the Philippines, but no one knows what it is yet. The 20 foot-long creature is covered with hair-like strands. For now, it’s been named globster. Officials took DNA samples to help identify it, which means the remains can be buried, along with the overwhelming stench!
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Some people think aliens have never visited our planet because it’s too violent, so they invented Wear Purple for Peace Day. World Peace starts with each person, so wear purple and don’t fight with your brother! It’s National Sea Monkey Day, too! Buy a little Sea Monkey aquarium to hatch your own brine shrimp. It’s fun!
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Do you want to be part of a world record? Then go to South Bend Indiana on May twenty-ninth for the Best, Week, Ever, Festival. You can be part of the world’s largest group of people waving a foam hand! The other events will include white water rafting, fireworks, picnics and music.
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A jellyfish that lives deep in the ocean’s aphotic zone, has eluded scientists for years. But they’ve finally captured the Deepstaria enigmatica on camera. It lives in almost complete darkness, has no tentacles, and looks like a plastic bag floating in the water. Hercules, a remotely operated vehicle, was the lucky photographer!
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In South Australia, the power was going out a lot, and the backup system for the electrical grid was expensive. Elon Musk, who runs the alternative energy company Tesla, built a gigantic lithium ion battery to use as a new backup system. 6 months later, the battery has already saved over $25 million for Australians!
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Here’s a great recycling idea for the end of the school year. Put a box out at your school to collect old, dried up markers. Then go to the Crayola website, print out a free shipping label, and Fed Ex will pick up and deliver them to Crayola to recycle! Great job!
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Today is National Chocolate Chip Day! Chocolate bars used to be sold with a little chopping tool before chocolate chips were invented. Put some in your pancakes, cookies, and spaghetti! Okay, maybe not in your spaghetti. It’s also National Straw Hat Day! If you don’t have a straw hat to wear, just stick a straw in a hat!
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