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Whoever smelt it dealt it! Whoever denied it supplied it! Does your brother pass a lot of gas? Or maybe it’s you who suffers from extreme flatulence. Charcoal underwear comes to the rescue! Carbon is a natural odor neutralizer, so companies are creating underwear that uses charcoal to trap smells. Thank goodness!
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Researchers microwaved peeled hard-boiled eggs to test their explosive reactions. Some exploded inside the microwave, while 28% of the eggs exploded outside when pierced. They measured the decibel level of the explosions to see if they were loud enough to cause hearing damage. Conclusion: probably not, but they will sure burn you!
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What goes oom. Oom. Give up? A cow walking backwards! It’s International Joke Day! Make sure you bust out your best jokes today! Also, Happy Canada Day to our Canadian friends, and Happy Second Half Of The Year Day to everyone! I wonder if you get another chance to make a New Year’s resolution?
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Scallops are more than just dinner. These amazing mollusks have up to 200 eyes that each contain millions of flat and perfectly square guanine crystals. The crystals layer to create a mirrored surface that reflects onto two retinas. Scientists are puzzled that a bivalve would have such a complex visual system.
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Turtles that live in ponds hibernate underwater. But how can they breathe when the pond freezes? They get oxygen from the water as it passes over parts of the body that have the most blood vessels. Like the turtle’s butt! This is called cloacal respiration, but it’s more fun to call it butt breathing.
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Make sure you spend time reading this summer! A group in Florida studied kids who took place in the Suncoast Campaign’s Summer Book Challenge. Instead of losing reading proficiency over the summer, those children went back to school with better reading skills. See if your local library has a summer reading program!
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Plastic bags and other polyethylene-based materials often take decades to decompose. Scientists identified several species of caterpillars that eat and digest the plastic. The bacteria in their gut can break it down. By using that same bacteria on plastics, humans can reduce this pollutant and help save the planet.
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Do you have a cute outfit you want to show off? Take a photo of it and post it on social media! It’s National Social Media Day and OOTD Day, which stands for outfit of the day! Then look for meteors tonight, for National Meteor Watch Day!
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The ancient Maya civilization really valued chocolate. From the years 250-900, cacao beans were used as money! Afterwards, they made chocolate out of them. Would that be like eating your money? The Maya of Mesoamerica made chocolate drinks with chili powder. How about a cup of spicy hot currency?
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Did you know that when you surf the web, the search engine you use makes money? Ecosia is a search engine like google, but it uses all its profits to plant trees. They’ve planted 30 million so far! If you’d like to help plant trees while you watch cat videos, download the Ecosia browser.
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