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The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. welcomed a new baby on Sunday: a Western Lowland gorilla! Moke which means little one in Lingala, is the zoo’s first newborn gorilla in 9 years. The Great Ape House will be closed for a while to give Moke and his mother, Calaya, some privacy.
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Who are the tough guys of the water? Sharks, with their 300 teeth? Electric eels, with their shocking touch? Jellyfish, with their venomous tentacles? How about the stonefish: they have switchblade cheekbones! Stonefish have lachrymal sabers, which are bones that deploy horizontally under the eyes, and fold back in after they’ve warned you to back off!
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If you live in the U.S. near Delaware, there’s an awesome place to have your next birthday party. The TaCaCo Alpaca Farm will teach you how to raise your own alpacas, animals that are like llamas, but smaller. More importantly, you get to pet and play with the fluffy creatures!
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Do you think you could concentrate on your work if there were a bunch of adorable owls watching you? Michael Lens posted photos on Twitter of the fluffy owls who grew up outside his co-worker’s office window. They stare at her through the glass all day! Maybe they’re trying to deliver a message from Hogwarts!
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Look at that cute bat! It’s eating all the cheeseballs! Blah blah blah blah blah. That’s my haiku poem. It has 3 lines with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables. Its’s National Haiku Poetry Day, Cheeseball Day, Bat Appreciation Day, Blah Blah Blah Day, Kickball Day, and Ford Mustang Day. Write your own haiku poem about today!
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A new world record for most mariachis performing simultaneously was set over the weekend, in Robstown, Texas. More than 800 musicians in 42 mariachi bands performed “Las Mañanitas” together. They had to be dressed in full mariachi garb, including sombreros, to beat the current record set in Mexico, where mariachi music originated.
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The English village of Willand in Devon is rising up. The elevation of the entire town and surrounding fields, is growing by 2 centimeters every year! While the change is gradual and not really noticeable, it is baffling scientists. They can’t find any reason for the land to lift up! They’ll continue studying until they solve the mystery.
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Computers are great at math, and games like Go or chess. But one researcher thinks a better test of AI, or artificial intelligence, would be to make it play Dungeons and Dragons. True intelligence can also be shown through storytelling, and the stories aren’t always logical. AI that can master D and D would be the ultimate test!
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Today is Save The Elephant Day. Many countries have taken steps to save endangered elephants by banning ivory, but elephants are still killed illegally for their tusks. The movie “Phoenix Wilder and the Great Elephant Adventure,” will be showing today only, at selected theaters across the United States. Watch it and learn about elephant conservation.
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If you’ve already dressed today, go change back into your pjs. It’s National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day! And school is work for kids, right? Maybe bring a change of clothes just in case the boss is a party pooper. I wonder if you can bring your teddy bear too…
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