Category: Kids News

If you’ve ever been to San Francisco California, you’ve seen the very, very, very steep hills. Before cars were invented, horses often fell over, trying to pull carriages up the streets. So 152 years ago, Andrew Smith Hallidie patented cable cars. Cars run on a railway, pulled by ropes overhead. Happy Cable Car Day!

Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? If you promised yourself you would change something in your life, and it’s working, congratulations! If you’ve failed, don’t worry about it, because it’s Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day. Be proud of your broken resolutions for today. You can start fresh again tomorrow.

On this day in 17 oh 6, Benjamin Franklin was born. Did you know he invented swim flippers when he was 12? That’s why today is Kid Inventors’ Day. Kids also invented popsicles, ear muffs, the trampoline, and Braille. Have you ever invented anything? Start writing all your ideas down. You might have the next great invention!

At 116 years old, the oldest woman in the world is officially Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas. The Brazilian nun has the records to prove her age, but a woman in China may be even older. According to local documents, Qui Chaishi is 124 years old! She loves eating pumpkin porridge with lard on top.

A new kind of toilet paper in Japan, is made from used diapers. The cities of Shibushi and Osaki started a program to separate disposable diapers from the waste stream. 98 tons of material was sanitized, bleached, and shredded, then mixed with recycled paper, creating 30,000 poop-free rolls of toilet paper.

Much of the United States is about to experience bitter cold. Wind chills may bring temperatures to 40° below zero in North Dakota, and Texas will be 20 degrees colder than average. Air that normally circulates over the Arctic Circle, is dipping south, giving us a taste of the North Pole. Dress in lots of layers!

Today is Nothing Day. Since that was so boring, people created other things to celebrate besides nothing. It’s also International Hot And Spicy Food Day, and Appreciate A Dragon Day. You can pretend you’re a dragon, by eating a Carolina Reaper pepper. Your mouth will be on fire! You’ll wish for Nothing Day again.

Have you ever tried quinoa? The quinoa plant’s edible seeds are used like rice, but they have more protein and vitamins. Today is Quinoa Day, so cook some quinoa for dinner. It’s also Fig Newton Day and Rooibos Day, so snack on a healthy fruit-filled cookie, with a cup of rooibos herbal tea.

Amber Bourke has been freediving without SCUBA gear for 10 years. It prepared her for breaking the world record, for longest underwater walk with one breath by a female. Amber ambled along the floor of a pool, bent at the hips in a swimming-like position, for 370 feet, 2 inches, on a single breath!

The Google Arts and Culture App, will find your art double. After you upload a selfie, the app compares your face to paintings in museums worldwide until it finds one that looks like you. It’s the perfect way, to celebrate Museum Selfie Day. Then visit a museum, and pose with your favorite exhibit.