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Today is National Umbrella Cover Day. Yes, it’s weird. No, I don’t know why someone would make a day celebrating umbrella covers. Maybe you’d like to celebrate International Kissing Day instead? Or give an invisible hug online, for Virtually Hug a Virtual Assistant Day. Show them you appreciate them!
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Did you watch fireworks last night? Which color was your favorite? Yellow bursts are made with sodium. Red, green, or blue bursts come from strontium, barium, and copper. White bursts are created with aluminum or magnesium, while golden sparkles use carbon. Combining ingredients creates even more colors! Pyrotechnics require serious scientific knowledge!
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In 2007, a German 9 year-old boy named Felix Finkbeiner, started the global “Plant for the Planet” project. He recruited 100,000 pre-teens to plant trees around the world! The United Nations turned their “One Billion Trees” program over to Felix, and now, at age 20, he’s expanded it to “One Trillion Trees”! Plant a tree every day!
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Are you sweltering in the summer heat? Here’s a fact to cool you off! Absolute zero, when every skerrick of heat energy has been sucked out, is -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit. Anyway, it could be worse. Absolute hot, the highest possible temperature, is 2.556 trigintillion degrees Fahrenheit: 2556 followed by 30 zeroes. Our sun’s core is only 18 million degrees!
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Controlled burns are fires set for farming or forest management purposes, but there’s no such thing in Australia. That’s because firehawk raptors pick up burning sticks and spread the fire to other areas! For thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have witnessed the fire-wielding birds of prey hunt animals trying to escape the fires.
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Are you a workaholic? That’s someone who’s addicted to work. Well, today is Workaholic Day! Thank the workaholics in your life by showing up a little early to work, so they can take a rare day off! It’s also International Bikini Day! Put on a 2-piece swimsuit and go to the pool!
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9th graders in Jutland Denmark illustrated the dangers of cell phones by planting seeds in two rooms. One room contained two wi-fi routers to simulate the radiation from sleeping next to a cell phone. After 12 days, the seeds in that room were dead, while the empty room had healthy green plants!
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At the center of most galaxies you will find a black hole, which is a place where gravity pulls so hard that not even light can escape. Scientists found evidence that black holes a million times more massive than our sun can control how many stars form in their galaxies!
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9000 years ago, cats started hanging out with humans. Humans began farming, rodents were attracted to crops, and wild cats came to catch the rodents. The farmers appreciated the free pest control and rewarded them with food scraps, semi-domesticating the cats. Genetic research shows cats are still mostly wild and tame themselves!
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A new material is shaping skyscrapers these days. It’s called cross-laminated timber, or CLT, and is produced in the small town of Riddle Oregon. CLT is made by glueing panels of wood together in layers. Plyscrapers are earthquake and fire resistant, cheaper to build, and environmentally friendly!
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