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Today is National Cotton Candy Day! Spun sugar has been around since the 15th century. It’s also known as fairy floss or candy floss. Maybe that’s because confectioner John Wharton and dentist William Morrison invented the first cotton candy machine. Don’t floss your teeth with cotton candy or you’ll need to see a dentist!
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A giant spinning water slide made its debut at the IAAPA, an amusement park expo in Florida. The SlideWheel is like a Ferris wheel and a water slide in one and the ride lasts for two minutes. The makers of the ride got the idea from a 6 year-old boy in Switzerland!
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A rainbow in Taiwan claimed a new world record! The rainbow was observed in Taipei for 8 hours and 58 minutes. The previous record for longest rainbow was six hours. Rainbows are made when sunlight shines through raindrops. The raindrop becomes a tiny prism, which splits the white light into colors.
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Relativity Space has developed Stargate, the largest 3D printer in the world that uses metal. The company will use it to print launch vehicles. Yes, they will 3D print rockets! The printed rockets will look different because they’ll need fewer parts. Their ultimate goal is to print rockets on Mars.
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Sophia is a robot that made headlines last month when she was granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia. Now she is advocating for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, where women have many restrictions, as well as human rights all over the world. I’m sure she will be talking about robot rights soon!
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A massive waterway system excavated in the Yangtze Delta region in China is over 5100 years old! The Liangzhu was a Neolithic agricultural society known for their jade objects. Now we know they were also amazing hydraulic engineers! The 18 mile network of canals, dams and levees took around 3000 people only 10 years to build.
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A baby hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo has gained a lot of fans! Fiona the hippo has her own Facebook show with 245,000 followers! She has entertained people with her water ballet, photobombed a wedding proposal, and kissed a little girl through the zoo window. She is one adorable 600 pound baby!
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Artist Neil Harbisson is colorblind. He is also a cyborg! He has an antenna implanted in his head that allows him to sense colors by receiving vibrations and perceiving them as sound chords. He makes sound portraits of people by translating the colors of their faces into MP3 recordings. That sunrise sounds gorgeous!
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft beamed back stunning images of swirling clouds on Jupiter taken during its last flyby. One photograph shows 8 massive rotating storms, nicknamed the String of Pearls. Storms on Jupiter often produce lightning which can be hundreds of times more powerful than on Earth. Juno’s next close flyby will occur December 16th.
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Researchers at the EPFL’s Robotic Systems Lab in Switzerland have created a tiny robot fish. It can swim with other fish and mimic their behavior then adapt its behavior to influence the school. The secret agent robot has infiltrated a school of zebrafish and can cause them to swim in unusual patterns.
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