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Today is Hard Candy Day! Most hard candy is made by boiling sugar syrup, adding flavorings, then pouring it into molds to cool and harden. The first lemon and peppermint candies were prescribed for stomach ailments. It’s also Look For An Evergreen Day. Evergreen plants like pine trees, holly, and bamboo, stay green all year!

In California, a line of cars stopped outside Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, to watch a bear. The bear must have also been curious, because he came over to look in a car’s rear window, then climbed onto the trunk! He quickly jumped off, and went back to watching everyone watch him.

The Idaho man who holds over 100 world records, just broke another record. David Rush stood on a balance board, catching tennis balls. He caught 67 balls in 30 seconds, without falling off! David keeps setting records, to promote STEM education. Ashrita Furman holds the record for the most world records however, at over 600!

Pigeons wearing cowboy hats, have been wandering the streets of Las Vegas Nevada. Cluck Norris and Coolamity Jane look mighty cute, but the hats are glued to the poor pigeons’ heads. A pigeon rescue group, Lofty Hopes, is working to capture both birds, to safely remove the hats so they can fly properly again.

A student brought a piece of birch pitch, that had been used as chewing gum thousands of years ago, to a paleogeneticist, wondering if DNA could be retrieved from it. The gum held enough DNA, to find out that a Stone Age woman with dark hair and blue eyes had chewed it, 5700 years ago!

Today is Bake Cookies Day! Here’s the easiest recipe. Mix one cup of sugar, and one cup of peanut butter, with one egg. Press balls of dough with a fork to make a criss-cross pattern. Bake at 350 degrees, for 10 minutes! Whatever cookies you decide to bake, don’t forget to save some for me!

The city of Portsmouth Ohio, likes to make their annual Winterfest memorable. In previous years, they’ve set world records for most people Christmas caroling and most people potting plants. This year, 1,482 people gathered to wrap presents simultaneously, and set another world record. I wonder if they need any help in un wrapping the presents!

After 4 months of traveling, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, is home in Sweden. The climate activist sailed across the Atlantic to speak at the United Nations, was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, and has inspired millions of people around the world, to fight against global warming. She’ll continue her strikes after a holiday break!

The next time you’re in Iceland, try a futuristic sleeping experience. The Galaxy Pod Hostel lets you sleep in a space pod! Each bed has a privacy screen, its own lights, and some even have TVs. You can pretend you’re traveling through space, and wake up after landing on a strange planet called Earth!

If your family puts up outdoor lights for the holidays, you may have some that don’t work anymore. The good news is, you can recycle them! You can drop off your old light sets at Mom’s Organic Markets, or ship them to Christmas Light Source or Holiday LEDs. Start a collection at your school!