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Today is World Braille Day. The Braille alphabet is a pattern of raised dots, so blind people can read by feeling the letters. Did you know LEGO makes Braille Bricks? The bricks also have the letter printed on each piece, so everyone can learn to read by touch. The LEGOs connect to regular sets.

Name 3 things celebrated on January 4th. Give up? One answer is Hypnotism Day, Spaghetti Day, and Trivia Day! Make up your own trivia questions and play with your family, while eating a spaghetti dinner. Then try to hypnotize someone and tell them to act like a chicken! You’re getting very, very, sleepy.

A 7-year-old boy was excited to get AirPods for Christmas, but he made the mistake of holding the wireless earbud with his mouth, and accidentally swallowedit! He was worried it would connect to his phone, and start playing music in his stomach. Doctors said to just leave it, to get pooped out naturally!

Since late December, people in Colorado and Nebraska have been seeing large groups of drones flying overhead. As many as 30 giant drones, with up to a 6-foot wingspan, have been appearing in different areas each night. Police don’t know who’s flying them, but warned everyone not to shoot them. They’re highly flammable!

Josh Simpson has hidden his artwork around the world for 40 years. The artist makes colorful glass planets, and hides them for people to find. He was inspired by the first photos of Earth taken from space, back in 19 70. So far, he’s created more than 3,000 beautiful Infinity Planets. Maybe you’ll find one someday!

Wake up! It’s time to go to sleep! It’s Festival Of Sleep Day! If you have to go to school, take a nap as soon as you get home. Then go to bed early tonight, snuggled in your favorite pajamas. It’s also Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day, so take time for a little treat before bed!

Today is Drinking Straw Day, but modern plastic straws can harm the environment and wildlife. Paper straws were invented in 1888 by Marvin Stone. Ancient Sumerians were using gold straws to drink beer 5000 years ago! Argentinians use metal straws that end in sieves called bombillas. Invest in a reusable steel or bamboo straw to celebrate!

In Texas, the Sheriff’s Department saved the day with a lasso! A feral hog was running loose in an apartment complex. Wild pigs can be dangerous, so a deputy used his personal lasso to catch it, and released it unharmed in an unpopulated area. Lassos are not standard issue, even in Texas.

Roads close down because of snowstorms, floods, or even melted chocolate. But roads in Washington state were closed for 10 hours on New Year’s Eve, because of tumbleweeds! A windstorm had piled them  20 to 30 feet high, trapping 10 cars inside. Snowplows were able to break through the tumbleweed wall, freeing everyone before the year ended.

Tyrannosaurus Rex is perhaps the most well-known dinosaur. The T-rex was believed to have a smaller relative, called the Nanotyrannus. After comparing the bones’ growth rings at the microscopic level, scientists now think they weren’t dwarf T-rexes after all. Petey was 15, and Jane was 13. They were probably just teenage Tyrannosaurs!