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LEGO is trying something new. They’ll be making their building bricks out of plant-based plastic. LEGO wants to be 100% sustainable, which means they won’t deplete the Earth’s natural resources. Trees and plants will be the first pieces created from the new plastic, made from sugarcane instead of oil. But don’t eat them!
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Kasey Stewart and Julie Berry know how to fill a 4-day weekend. They traveled to all 7 continents in 92 hours, even after a 20-hour flight delay between Chile and Antarctica due to a snowstorm! They stopped in Sydney, Dubai, Cairo, Frankfurt, Toronto, Santiago and Antarctica. Now they have to recover from extreme jetlag!
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Talk about putting your money where your mouth is! Comfort Restaurant in Richmond Virginia, co-owned by Chef Jason Alley and Michele Jones, now donates all of its net profits to help fight hunger! They partnered with FeedMore, a hunger relief organization serving central Virginia. Eat delicious food at Comfort, feed strangers. It’s a win-win!
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The world jack jumping championships are taking place today at Mount Snow, Vermont. Jack jumping is a crazy sport where you strap a seat to a ski, stick your legs straight out, lean back, and fly down a snowy slope. Known as Skibock in Europe, the first jack jumps were makeshift transportation for loggers.
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What’s the only date that’s also a command? March 4th! It’s National Marching Music Day, so march forth with your marching band, or pound on a pot and march around the house. Then eat a pound of cake for National Pound Cake Day! Also, celebrate National Grammar Day for me. I’m already too tired!
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If you love Hot Wheels cars, you should visit the Lubbock Arts Festival in Texas next month. Students from Monterrey High School are teaming up with an engineering firm and Mattel to build the longest continuous Hot Wheels track in the world! They hope to make the track 1900 feet long!
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Archaeologists working in the English Channel uncovered a grave with the ancient remains of a porpoise inside. They’d believed the grave would hold a human skeleton since the island of Chapelle Dom Hue was a religious retreat for medieval monks. The porpoise was entombed next to 14th century monks’ graves. Maybe he was their pet!
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Scientists once worried about how climate change was causing the Adélie penguin population to decline. Then they unexpectedly discovered 1.5 million of them living on the Danger Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula! The scientists want to ensure the Danger Islands are protected, while studying what allows that penguin population to thrive while others dwindle.
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Today is I Want You To Be Happy Day and National Soup It Forward Day. Make a big pot of soup and give some away and you can celebrate both days at once! It’s also National What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day, but we know they’d just get their own food!
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Today is Holi, an ancient Hindu festival marking the start of Spring that dates back to the 4th century. People across India celebrate by throwing water and colored powder on each other. If you want to celebrate too, make sure you explain the holiday before you douse someone!
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