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Los Angeles is trying a new tactic to beat the California heat. They are painting the streets gray! The light-colored sealant prevents the asphalt from retaining heat, and can reduce surface temperatures by 23 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooler streets reduce the air temperatures in urban areas, which also saves electricity used for air conditioning. Cool!
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A man in Israel lost his Siberian husky and filed a police report. When the police called to say they’d found a dog matching its description, he told them he could identify it over the phone with a simple test. They played the theme song from the kid’s show, Arthur, and the dog howled along with his favorite song!
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Loggerhead sea turtles have started laying eggs on beaches in Florida and North Carolina. When the babies hatch, they will swim 8000 miles by themselves, in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. They’ll return as adults to the beach where they hatched, or at least one with a similar magnetic field!
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If you happen to be in England on April 22nd, you need to see this. Runners will attempt to break 90 world records at the Virgin Money London Marathon! They include running the fastest on stilts, and dressed in costumes such as a toilet, tree, emoji, insect, and pencil! Guinness judges will be there to verify any new records.
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Look, way up in the sky! Now, reach up really high! Next, eat some pecan pie! Laugh, at my poetry. What, you want to know why? First off, poetry didn’t rhyme with sky! Also, it’s International Moment Of Laughter Day, National Pecan Day, National Reach As High As You Can Day, and National Look Up At The Sky Day!
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How many times can you clap in one minute? 9 year-old Seven Wade from Florida holds the world record for the most claps in one minute: 1080! He practiced speed clapping every day for months, and did lots of research on how to make it an official record. Give him a round of applause!
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The Longobards, also known as Lombards, were medieval Germanic warriors that came to Northern Italy in the year 568. Archaeologists studying skeletons in a Longobard necropolis were fascinated by one man in particular. This warrior had lost his hand at some point, and replaced it with a knife! I wouldn’t want to give him a high-five!
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Hawaiian Airlines is giving free non-toxic sunscreen to all its passengers. The coral reefs around Hawaii are damaged by chemicals that are common in most sunscreens. The airline is also showing a video called “Reefs at Risk,” to encourage the thousands of tourists that fly with them to help preserve the reefs. Raw Elements sunscreen is good for people too!
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After Hurricane Irma hit Florida last year, 18 year-old Theo Queenee noticed hundreds of mangrove seedlings in the debris. Mangrove trees are essential to protecting coastlines from erosion, and provide a habitat for marine life. He collected 524 tiny trees and built a greenhouse on his roof. 7 months later, he’s replanted a mangrove forest in a Miami mud flat!
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Today is National Scrabble Day! Play Scrabble today, and hope you get letters that spell “QUIZZIFY” on the triple word scores, for the ultimate 419 points! And if you’re losing to the person who just scored that word, and you accidentally flip the board over, you lucked out. It’s also National Blame Someone Else Day!
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