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When Steve Ruppel was a kid, he loved reading the Guinness Book of World Records. Now, he holds the world records for most donuts stacked in a minute, and fastest times to tie a shoe and to drink a liter of gravy. Yuck. He will run a half-marathon today for his next record attempt, wearing 52 shirts!
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Have you ever seen a stabby rainbow chicken at the zoo? How about a lightning noodle, at the aquarium. Maybe you’ve seen a panda dolphin while whale-watching! Those are fun names for cassowaries, electric eels, and killer whales that zoos and aquariums made up on social media, using hashtag rebrand-a-species. What animal would you rename?
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How good is your penmanship? Probably not as good as Anaya Ellick, a 9 year-old girl from Virginia who won the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest! Her cursive beat out kids in grades K through 8. What’s even more impressive is that Anaya was born without any hands, so she has to hold the pencil with her arms! Anaya is awesome!
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There was a tragic accident in Poland this week. A tanker truck full of CHOCOLATE flipped over and spilled all over the highway! No one was hurt, although more than 12 tons of liquid chocolate were wasted. It flowed over the road and hardened, but not before cars drove through and left chocolate trails for miles!
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There once was a young boy from France. He ripped a big hole in his pants. He sewed up the hole, with help from a mole, and then they played tag with some ants. It’s National Limerick Day! That’s the kind of poem I just made up. Can you write one too?
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Boston Dynamics has created an impressive robot named Atlas. You can watch a video of Atlas going for a jog outdoors and jumping over a log with no problem. The robot also runs on battery power. Boston Dynamics also created SpotMini, the robot-dog that can navigate on its own. Atlas should take SpotMini on a walk!
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Canine psychologists have come up with a list of the smartest dog breeds. The brightest working dogs learn new commands quickly and obey at least 95% of the time. Border collies, poodles, German shepherds, golden retrievers, and Doberman pinschers were at the top of the list. But of course, we know your dog is the smartest ever!
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Most discarded trash goes into landfills. But what happens when the landfill is full? Instead of simply closing them, some landfills are repurposed into parks, golf courses, or even skate parks like Mount Trashmore. Student Joy Youwakim has just proved they can even be safe places to grow food! Thousands of inactive landfills could become farmland!
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Have you checked out DCeaglecam.org yet? Mr. President and The First Lady, 2 bald eagles in Washington D C, are busy raising 2 fluffy eaglets! You can watch them feed fish to their babies in the nest. Meanwhile, the 2 eaglets across town are huge, and testing out their wings. Watch them on eaglecam.org.
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Today you get to leave all the yucky stuff on your plate. It’s National Eat What You Want Day! This is finally the day to try tortilla chips with chocolate syrup. Just don’t blame me if you get sick! And don’t forget, it’s still National Teacher Appreciation Week. Here’s a giant THANK YOU to teachers everywhere!
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