Category: Kids News

Today is Love Your Pet Day! Make sure you give your companions a little extra attention, whether it’s your dog, cat, tarantula, or pet rock! It’s also Cherry Pie Day. Try baking one from scratch, and make a bonus pie filled with your pet’s favorite food. Don’t get them mixed up! Tuna pie sounds gross.

Automobiles have inflatable airbags, that protect passengers during a car accident. But motorcyclists can’t depend on their bike for protection. That’s why the Airbag Inside company, created inflatable jeans. Mo’cycle jeans contain hidden airbags, covered in super-strong denim. The airbags automatically deploy when a rider is thrown from their bike, to cushion the impact.

Do you ever wonder why the wind blows? You can thank the Sun. It heats some parts of the planet more than others, and hot air rises because it’s less dense. When the heated air at ground-level goes up, cooler air rushes in to fill the space below, and you get a breeze.

There’s a stretch of land between North and South Korea, where people aren’t allowed. For more than 70 years, the 160-mile-long Demilitarized Zone has created a buffer between the 2 countries, and a safe zone for animals. Endangered cranes, musk deer, otters, bears, and 6,000 other species, are thriving in the human-free habitat.

Today is Lash Day. Eyelashes form a curtain of protection, to keep dirt and dust from getting into your eyes, which is why camels have such luscious lashes. Elephants have the longest eyelashes, at 5 inches long. Did you know, we all have harmless microscopic bugs living in our lashes? Tell them hello today!

Today is International Tug-of-War Day. It’s an ancient game of strength that used to be an Olympic sport, where 2 teams pull on a rope in opposite directions. The Vikings used to play tug-of-war over a fire pit! Give the winner a box of Thin Mints, because it’s also Chocolate Mint Day. Yum!

Butterfly season is nearing its end, in California’s Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove. Park rangers track the Western monarch butterflies’ migration each year, as they arrive by the thousands. The orange-and-black butterflies, quietly flutter on every tree, like a beautiful living curtain. You can visit the spectacular butterfly show, until the migration tapers off.

Today is Battery Day. Alessandro Volta built the first electrochemical battery in 18 hundred. Count all the things in your house that use batteries. Battery University experts have advice for charging your phone correctly. Remove it from the charger as soon as it’s near 100%, plug in a few times-per-day, and always keep it cool.

Today is Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day. Eating ice cream or other frozen foods in the morning, can have an awakening effect on the brain. A study found people were quicker and more alert, and less irritable, starting the day with an icy blast in their mouth. Maybe ice cream, should replace cereal!

Poor little Pluto. It used to be one of the 9 planets in our solar system, until it got down-graded, because it can’t clear it’s neighborhood. It’s now classified as a dwarf planet, along with Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris. But at least Pluto gets its own day to celebrate. Happy Pluto Day!