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Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park has babies! There’s Hamish, the adorable polar bear. 3 fluffy northern rockhopper penguin chicks have hatched. A kangaroo joey finally poked its head out of its momma’s pouch. Binturong twins are running around smelling like popcorn. Pamba the pancake tortoise, a Japanese macaque, a Przewalski foal, and gelada baboon babies are also out!
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New Zealand is a country with a sense of humor. Despite the indignity of frequently being left off of world maps, they are making hilarious tourism videos. They focus on the fact that other countries are just jealous! If your world map is missing New Zealand, to the southeast of Australia, report it to the authorities!
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Clive Wynne, a psychologist who researches dog and wolf behavior, found that puppy cuteness is a survival tactic! When puppies are very young and entirely dependent on their mom, they’re cute. But they reach their peak of absolute adorableness around 2 months, at the same time they’re weaned. Humans can’t resist them, and help raise them to adulthood!
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The Earth’s surface is about 71% covered with water. But it’s not even close to the most water in our solar system. Jupiter’s moon Europa has twice as much water as Earth. Another moon of Jupiter, Ganymede, may be as much as 67% water by total volume! Earth’s water by volume is only 0.1%!
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Did you get a rip in your jeans? A hole in your bike tire? Today is National I Need A Patch For That Day. Patch everything right up! It’s also National Strawberries And Cream Day. Fresh strawberries and whipped cream are delicious, but it’s also a flavor of candy, cream cheese, and even cinnamon rolls. Yummy!
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Were you one of the 1.9 billion people around the world who watched the royal wedding? British Prince Harry married American Meghan Markle yesterday at Windsor Castle in London. Their new titles are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. After months of excitement and preparation, everyone was happy watching the beautiful couple get married!
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The largest pillow fight ever, took place in Minnesota on Friday. Mike Lindell, the inventor of MyPillow, supplied over 66,000 pillows to participants. The Minnesota Vikings football stadium was filled with people battering each other with pillows for 2 straight minutes. Everyone got to take their new, slightly demolished, pillows home with them!
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Have you been saving your money? It’s almost time for the dinosaur auction! A 70% complete skeleton that resembles an Allosaurus will be sold in Paris, in the Eiffel Tower. The fossil is expected to sell for 1 to 2 million dollars with an added bonus: you might get to name the new species!
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Everyone knows blood is red, right? Not if you’re a New Guinea skink! The lizards have bright green blood! Their blood contains high levels of biliverdin, a highly toxic bile pigment. The substance may help protect the skinks from blood parasites that carry malaria. Unfortunately, it doesn’t bother the birds and snakes that eat skinks!
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Today is National Rescue Dog Day. Rescue dogs of all shapes and sizes are just waiting to be adopted at animal shelters. After you adopt a best friend, you can all go play at the park. It’s also National Take Your Parents To The Playground Day! Make sure your parents go down the slide!
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