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The country of Egypt is mostly desert. Desert-spread is threatening to take over even more land, so scientists developed a way to grow a forest instead. The Serapium Forest is fed by wastewater from the city of Ismailia. The nitrogen-rich sewage water is treated in underground vats, then distributed to help the forest grow.

Tick. Tock. Tick, tock, ticktock-ticktock! It’s Tick Tock Day, and the new year’s nearly here. You have 2 days to finish anything you needed to do this year! Another name for it is Still Need To Do Day. If you’re all caught up, bravo! You can relax and enjoy the rest of the year!

Pedro Reyes is an artist who created the work, “Palas por Pistolas.” It shows how objects used for harm can be transformed into something that promotes life. The artist melted down 1,527 guns, and molded them into shovels to plant trees! Many public schools and art galleries have put the shovels to good use.

A couple in North Carolina heard an intruder in their house, so they hid in the closet and called 9-1-1. When the police showed up, they discovered the burglar was just the couple’s new robotic vacuum! The same thing happened in Oregon. A woman’s burglar locked in the bathroom, was a robot, thoroughly cleaning it!

Sometimes people call the fire department, when their cat gets stuck high in a tree. Cats nearly always come down on their own, but a worried cat owner in Vermont went up after their cat, and then got stranded as well! The fire department had to rescue both the cat and its human!

A jewelry company in New York, set a world record with a very expensive toy. Estate Jewelers created the most valuable dreidel, worth $70,000! The traditional Hanukkah toy is made of gold, with white gold lettering, and 222 diamonds. The tip of the top is a 4.2 carat diamond. That’s one toy you wouldn’t want to lose!

Get your favorite deck of cards out, because today is Card Playing Day! Do you know how to play Crazy 8’s, War, or Rummy? Or try another card game, like Uno. It’s also Chocolate Candy Day, so you could also learn to play Poker, and bet with chocolate, then eat all your winnings!

The Potter Park Zoo in Michigan, welcomed a new baby on Christmas Eve. A black Rhino calf was born! Only around 5,500 black rhinos exist in the wild. The calf’s parents are Doppsee and Phineus, but the baby isn’t named yet. Black rhinos and white rhinos are both gray. They just have different lip shapes!

Humboldt Boulevard in Chicago Illinois, might not lead to Oz, but it happens to be where L Frank Baum wrote “The Wizard of Oz.” In order to mark the location, a section of the sidewalk was repaved last month, with yellow bricks! The Yellow Brick Road will also curve around an Oz-themed mural.

If you had a real Christmas tree this year, don’t put it in the trash. Virginia Beach uses them to protect the beachfront from storm surges. Many farms have goats that love to snack on trees. Some communities will pick up trees and turn them into mulch. Find a way to recycle your tree!