Category: Kids News

Traffic in Boston was worse than usual, for some commuters yesterday. A truckload of porta-potties was too tall, to make it under a bridge. 2 portable toilets were knocked into the middle of the road, causing delays but no injuries. At least people could use the toilet while they waited for traffic to clear.

The Taurid meteor showers can be seen lighting up the night skies, from October to December every year. The Southern Taurids peak this week, with 8 to 12 meteors per hour. The exciting thing about the Taurids, is that they often produce brighter than average fireballs! Set your alarm for midnight, and start watching!

Do you have red hair? Show off its glorious color, because it’s Love Your Red Hair Day! Today is also Doughnut Day. Doughnuts are so good, there’s also a Donut Day in June. In 1847, 16 year-old Hanson Gregory claimed the invention of the first ring-shaped doughnut. Pardon me while I go eat doughnuts!

Have you ever needed a thumbtack, but couldn’t find one? A giant thumbtack in Kentucky, would be hard to miss. The Transit Authority of Central Kentucky, called TACK for short, decided to build the world’s biggest thumbtack in front of their offices. The titanic blue tack stands 21-feet-7-inches tall, and weighs 3,000 pounds!

In the United States, Election Day is tomorrow. Ask your parents if you can watch them vote, so you’ll be familiar with the process when you turn 18. Look up a sample ballot for your neighborhood at Ballotpedia.org, and learn about the people running for every office. Sometimes candidates don’t even have opponents!

Once Halloween is over, what do you do with your jack-o’-lanterns?  Leave your pumpkin outside as a science project, to watch it slowly mildew and rot. Let squirrels or groundhogs snack on it. Donate old pumpkins to a farm, to feed their animals. You could even have a pumpkin-chucking contest, into a compost pile!

For thousands of years, humans have been eating candy. Whether it was sweetened with honey, maple syrup, or sugarcane, something sweet has always been a treat. Today is Candy Day, so sample chocolates, hard candies, mints, marzipan, maple sugar candies, gummy candies, taffies, and more. Which ones are your favorite?

A 9-year-old boy named Tutankhaten became pharaoh, about 3300 years ago in Egypt. He took the name Tutankhamun, and became one of the most famous Egyptians ever. Today is King Tut Day, when King Tut’s tomb was discovered in 1922. It’s also Use Your Common Sense Day. You should know better than to do that!

Artificial Intelligence was up to some mischief in Ireland. An A-I-generated website called My Spirit Halloween, promoted a Macnas Halloween Parade in Dublin. The performing arts group had appeared in parades in the past, but had nothing scheduled this year. Thousands of people showed up, lining the streets for a non-existent parade.

Today is Jellyfish Day, so start out by watching these amazing creatures. Search for “world jellyfish day,” on NOAA.gov, to see how jellies swim, and glow in the dark. Most jellyfish have stinging tentacles, and some can reach 100 feet long. Jellyfish don’t have brains, and they eat and poop from the same opening!