$1000 Worth of Quarters, Please

14 year-old Jayera Griffin saved all year for her spring break, but she didn’t travel far. She used her $1000 to pay for a free laundry day at her local laundromat in Riverdale Illinois! Some children she tutors don’t have washing machines, and sometimes can’t afford to do laundry. Jayera is already planning her next free laundry day.

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The Ultimate Jenga Move

Are you good at Jenga, the game where you pull wooden blocks out of a tower without toppling it? YouTuber Pat McAfee’s dad is a Jenga master. Playing Giant Jenga for the first time, Tim McAfee managed to remove a center block holding up half the tower. The top half dropped neatly onto the stack below. Amazing!

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DAB, Robots, DAB!

1372 Alpha 1S robots, made by UBTECH, set a new world record in Italy. They became the largest number of robots dancing simultaneously in perfect unison. Of course they didn’t leave out the best dance step: they dabbed. Robots are supposed to revolutionize the world, but they also like to have fun!

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X-Plane Gets Rid of Sonic Boom

NASA and Lockheed Martin are developing an experimental plane called the Low-Boom Flight Demonstration. When the X-plane breaks the sound barrier it won’t produce the sonic boom that would annoy people living below its flight path. As it passes Mach 1, the speed of sound at around 785 miles per hour, you’ll just hear a gentle thump!

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So That’s How Birds Navigate!

Scientists may have discovered how birds navigate. There’s a protein in their eyes that helps them see the Earth’s magnetic fields! Plants and animals have proteins called cryptochromes that are sensitive to blue light. Birds that migrate have high levels of Cry4, the cryptochrome responsible for magnetoreception. It sounds like birds have superpowers!

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Walk Your Pet Rat and Eat Carrots

See that rat eating a carrot? Walk around it! See that school library? Walk around it! And while you’re at it, tell your school librarian “Thank you!”, because it’s National School Librarian Day. It’s International Carrot Day, World Rat Day and National Walk Around Things Day too! Or keep it simple and celebrate National Walking Day.

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