Category: Kids News

Last year, Jonathan Keats, installed a Millennium Camera in Tucson Arizona, that will spend 1,000 years, capturing one image. Photographers often use long exposures to show the trail of stars through the sky, but this will show the rise and fall of the cityscape, from now until 3024. The picture is .001% complete.

Will you have snow today, for World Snow Day? Study a snowflake closely. Build a snowman, or have a snowball fight. Fresh snow is the best for making snow angels, but be sure to catch a snowflake on your tongue, as it’s coming down! Mix maple syrup into clean snow for a tasty treat.

Today is Brew A Potion Day. Concoct a magic potion, then see if it works! I’m making my potion from root beer and ice cream, and hope it transforms into a root beer float. It’s also Good Memory Day, so try to remember what went into your brew, so you can replicate the results.

Today is Tin Can Day. Peter Durand patented the perfect way to store food for years, in 1810. Ask your grandparents, how to play Kick the Can. It’s also World Quark Day, but it’s not about sub-atomic particles. Quark is a superfood similar to yogurt or sour cream. It’s a high-protein, low-fat creamy cheese.

Pop. Pop. Pop, pop, pop-pop-pop-pop! It’s Popcorn Day! In the 16th century, popcorn was used to decorate Aztec headdresses in Mexico. It became a popular food in the United States in the 19th century. Charles Cretors developed a steam popper, and sold popcorn on horse-drawn wagons. You can even pop corn on the cob!

Slicing a watermelon open with a knife is so boring. Instead, use your legs! Gozde Dogan set a world record, for smashing the most watermelons using her thighs, in 60 seconds. She crushed 5 melons in an impressive display of strength. It’s a bit messier, but definitely more exciting!

Iowa is about as far from the ocean as you can get, but that’s where a great white shark showed up last year. Luckily, it was made out of snow. Artist Carlos Maldonado sculpted the 5 1/2-foot-tall shark from a pile of snow, then painted it with acrylics to make it more life-like.

It’s summer in Australia right now, but animals have adapted ways to stay cool. Wombats retreat underground, koalas hide in the trees, and echidnas blow snot bubbles. Researchers found that when they blow bubbles out of their nose, the snot bubble bursts and wets the nose-tip. Then the evaporating moisture, cools their blood.

Did you receive any gift cards, as holiday presents? Don’t let them get lost or forgotten. Every year, billions of dollars in gift cards go unspent. Today is Use Your Gift Card Day, so start spending! You can even shop online. Gather up old cards too, because they’re good for at least 5 years.

It’s Winnie the Pooh Day! A A Milne’s books about the lovable bear, Piglet, Tigger, and friends, were inspired by a black bear at the London Zoo named Winnie. Christopher Robin, the author’s son, loved to visit him! It’s also Thesaurus Day, a wonderful, fantastic, magnificent, phenomenal tool, to give you synonyms for words.