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Students in Knoxville Tennessee know how to make a school day more exciting. They set a world record! 6778 students participated in a coding lesson to become the largest computer programming class ever. For many students, their first experience with coding was one they’ll never forget.
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Today is National Big Wig Day. The American Cancer Society started it as a way to put the FUN back in fundraising. They hope everyone will wear entertaining wigs to inspire one million people to donate one dollar each to their Look Good/Feel Better campaign. Even a dollar can make a difference!
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The King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Saudi Arabia is a good place to see a camel beauty contest, camel races, two-color camels, two-hump camels, and short camels. You can also see the tallest camel in the world! Sultan Al Rashidi’s camel is nearly 10 feet tall! That’s one tall camel!
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How do you feel about head transplants? Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero believes it will be possible this year. But if your head were on someone else’s body, would you be the same person? Neurocientists think the more accurately named body transplant would be traumatic, causing personality changes. It’s a lot to think about!
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What kind of fish has hands? It’s the red handfish, one of the rarest fish in the world! Researchers found a second group of red handfish off the coast of Tasmania, which doubles the known population. It uses fins that look like hands to pull itself around the ocean floor instead of swimming!
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More than 3 months after Hurricane Maria hit, 1.5 million people in Puerto Rico still don’t have power and many also lack clean water. The island’s old power grid was destroyed, but microgrids powered by solar and wind farms are being built. Clean energy is Puerto Rico’s future. The rest of the United States could follow!
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Seven years ago, Rick Anderson made an unusual friend. He was diving in New South Wales Australia when he met a 6 inch long shark pup that let him pet her. The Port Jackson shark is 6 feet long now and she’ll tap Rick on the legs until he gives her a hug!
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Don’t forget, today is Opposite Day! So say the opposite of what you mean all day long. Today won’t be confusing in the least. I hope you get extra homework today at school. I got you, ha ha!
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Australian YouTubers How Ridiculous set a world record in 2016 when they made a 593 foot basketball shot. They’ve just broken their own record. Derek Herron, Brett Stanford and Scott Gaunson set up the shot at Maletsunyane Falls in Lesotho. Derek sent a basketball through a hoop 660 feet down! That’s gotta be worth more than 3 points!
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After a snowstorm in Kiltarlity Scotland, 8 year-old Kyle Mackay got to work. Worried that people in his neighborhood would slip on the ice, he filled a wheelbarrow with grit and spent his snow days salting the sidewalks. Local companies gave him his own 1000 dollar gritter, work jacket and gloves to help him help others!
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