Category: Kids News

The U S National Park System contains 63 Parks, and 108 Park Service Sites. Brothers Jeremy and Peter Rush, aged 8 and 6, are the youngest brothers to earn Junior Ranger badges at every location. Their dad, David Rush, holds the title of most consecutive world records, so he happily helped them succeed.

Ocean County Library in New Jersey, is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Coincidentally, 81-year-old Mary Cooper just returned one of their books, which she’d discovered in a box of her mother’s belongings. “Home-Made Toys for Girls and Boys,” had been checked out in 1926! Luckily, the library no longer charges late fees.

Someone recently bought a single Flamin’ Hot Cheeto, for nearly $88,000. Whoever originally found the 3-inch-long cheese snack, thought it was shaped like a Pokemon Charizard. It was nicknamed Cheetozard, affixed to its own custom Pokemon card, and preserved in a transparent box, creating a truly unique collector’s item.

Did you ever need to report something that wasn’t really an emergency? 9 1 1 is the emergency phone number, but it was getting overwhelmed with calls about illegal parking, or noise complaints. Many cities now use 3 1 1, to handle calls that aren’t urgent. For National 3 1 1 Day, find out if your city is one of them.

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, 1 of 2 days celebrating John Chapman. He traveled around the United States, planting orchards of apple trees. He used his tin hat as a pot, and ate out of it! It’s also Worship Of Tools Day, so polish your hammer and charge up your drill. Tools are wonderful things.

Today is Harriet Tubman Day, in honor of the day the famous abolitionist died in 1913. She escaped from slavery in 1849, but returned to guide many people to freedom, using a network called the Underground Railroad. She led a military operation during the Civil War, and later fought for women’s right to vote.

If you live where Daylight Saving Time stole an hour of your sleep yesterday, get it back today by stealing a nap! It’s Napping Day! It’s also Fill Our Staplers Day. Those papers aren’t going to staple themselves. Check your staplers before napping, so you don’t have nightmares about running out of staples.

Saint Patrick’s Day parades are coming, which usually includes bagpipers wearing kilts. Get prepared today, on International Bagpipe Day. You can make your own, out of a garbage bag and recorders. Find the bagpipe instructions on instructables.com. It’s Skirt Day too, so wear a skirt or kilt while playing bagpipes for the whole neighborhood.

March 10th abbreviated, spells M-A-R-1-0. MARIO! It’s Mario Day, so don’t forget to wear overalls! It’s the Day Of Awesomeness too, so remember to be totally awesome, while you play your favorite Super Mario games! You should also wear an awesome wig, for International Wig Day. I always wanted purple hair!

Thursday night, on March 13th to 14th, a total lunar eclipse will occur. When the sun and moon are on opposite sides of the planet, called syzygy, the Earth’s shadow falls on the moon, making it appear red. Unlike a solar eclipse, you don’t need eye protection to view a blood moon.