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The dust storm that started on Mars at the end of May, has grown. The storm now encircles the planet. The Mars rover, Opportunity, had to shut down because it is solar powered. A second rover, Curiosity, is nuclear powered. It can continue studying the dust storm from the other side of the planet!
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Matt Nelson and his mom tried to find the owner of a dog they found, by posting pictures of the corgi on Matt’s Twitter page, “We Rate Dogs.” His 7 million followers were no help. Mrs. Nelson spotted an elderly man in a car and asked him. Miraculously, Pepper was his! And Pepper is now famous!
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Imagine life in 1964. The rock and roll band named the Beatles had become an international sensation. And if you were watching them on television, it would probably have been in black and white! It wasn’t until 1965 that color tv became widely available. Celebrate Color TV Day and Global Beatles Day today!
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Marine biologists have discovered surprising news about great white sharks. They like to hang out in warm-water eddies. The eddies are giant ocean whirlpools that spin clockwise in Earth’s Northern hemisphere. Even though cold-water eddies have more food and nutrients, sharks can spend more time in deeper water if it’s warm.
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Black holes are places in space with a gravitational field so strong, nothing can escape. Except maybe a burp. When a black hole has sucked up everything within reach, it goes quiet, until some stray bits of gas or matter pass by. When it starts devouring again, it belches out a bunch of particles!
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Page Kemna was not having any luck finding a job, so she found a new way to apply. She sang her own praises! Page published a video of herself playing piano, and singing her resume. The creative job application was a big hit online, and Page was rewarded with lots of job offers!
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Have you ever seen a garlic braid? It’s a way to store bulbs of garlic by weaving the leaves together, until you have a rope of garlic bulbs. Dimitra Athanasova Tzoridou, is a Greek garlic knitter, who just broke the record for the longest garlic braid. The braid of 20,000 bulbs is 2008 feet long!
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Today is International Fairy Day! You might think fairies are cute little creatures, but in Ireland, you don’t mess with the fairy folk. If you see a rock or a ring of trees and bushes in the middle of a field, leave it alone. It’s a fairy fort, and you don’t dare anger the fairies!
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Did anyone spot the flock of flamingos in Buffalo New York yesterday? Stephanie Crockett and the Buffalo Olmstead Parks Conservancy teamed up to make a line of 1500 pink plastic lawn flamingos, setting a world record. The birds were on sale afterwards, although many will be melted down to make fun benches for the parks!
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When asked what she wanted for her 107th birthday, Myda Lewis had two wishes. She wanted to ride in a convertible with the top down in a parade, and she wanted everyone to just be happy. So the people of Stillwater Oklahoma had a birthday parade just for her, and both of her wishes came true!
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