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The age of dinosaurs wasn’t only for giant creatures. 127 million years ago, birds the size of grasshoppers existed! The tiny birds, with teeth and clawed fingers on their wings, were less than 2 inches long. The enantiornithine fossil from the Cretaceous Period was found in Spain at the Las Hoyas fossil site.
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7 year-old Montannah Kenney is getting ready to take on a mountain. She and her mom, Hollie, will attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. She hopes to become the youngest female ever to climb Kilimanjaro. Keats Boyd, also 7, was the youngest male to complete the feat.
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Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, but looks for historic shipwrecks on his Research Vessel Petrel in his spare time. He has found the Japanese battleship Musashi, the Italian destroyer Artigliere, and the USS’s Indianapolis, Astoria, and Ward. His latest discovery is the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft carrier. It sank in the Coral Sea 76 years ago!
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Schools are closed in West Virginia while teachers protest for better pay, but they are making sure kids still get fed. Knowing that many children depend on school for meals as well as education, teachers, school systems, and local businesses are providing free food for students during the strike. Thank you, teachers!
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Clarence Birdseye patented flash freezing food and started the frozen food industry. My freezer thanks him today, on National Frozen Food Day! I wonder if I have any Oreo ice cream left in there; it’s also National Oreo Cookie Day! If your name is Oreo Birdseye, you’re in luck- it’s Unique Names Day, too!
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The new Apple headquarters in California looks like a spaceship, with lots of glass walls and doors. There may be too much glass, as employees keep walking into them! Squeaky clean glass has caused multiple calls to 9-1-1. Apple employees might also be paying more attention to their iPhones . Look out for that wall!
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Don’t you love when a cat kneads your lap with its paws? As kittens, they did that to their mom to get milk. As adults, they are making a nice soft spot for a nap, and marking you with the scent glands in their paws because they don’t want to share you!
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The Canadian government celebrated Canada’s 150th anniversary last year by giving everyone free admission to all of their national parks for the year. Now they have permanently changed admission fees to give all children 17 and younger free access. What a great way to show kids from around the world the natural beauty of Canada!
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Don’t ask Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi to read you a bedtime story. He just broke the world record for Longest Marathon Read Aloud by reading for 120 hours! The event took place in Nigeria, starting on World Book Day and ending 5 days and 17 books later! I hope he got to take bathroom breaks.
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My name, Alexa, means defender of man, helper; it comes from the Greek Alexandros. Look up your name today to see what it means. It’s Fun Facts About Names Day! Even more exciting, it’s National Cheese Doodle Day! Grab a bag and get ready to lick cheese dust off your fingers. Yum yummy yum-yum-yum!
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