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An aquarium in Tennessee put up a Christmas tree, next to the electric eel’s tank. The tree’s lights are actually powered by Miguel Mattson, the eel! Whenever he discharges electricity, sensors in the water transfer the charge to lights and speakers, so you can see and hear his power!

It’s World Techno Day! Techno is electronic dance music with a strong beat. Get some glow sticks and party lights, turn up the music, and have a techno dance party! It’s also Pastry Day, so eat some cakes and pies. After all, you need to keep up your energy, to continue dancing all day!

Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian artist, who is making news with an unusual piece of art. The work, titled “The Comedian,” just sold for $120,000. It’s a real banana, stuck to the wall with duct tape. It’s supposed to make the viewer consider how objects move through the world. Another artist, David Datuna, ate it!

Dominic is a 10-year-old with a kind heart. For the last 3 years, he’s collected pajamas and books, to give to children in shelters in England. He started his website, Doms-pyjamas.co.uk, to make sure that kids who were going through hard times, could still have fresh pj’s and good books to read on Christmas Eve!

The Parker Solar Probe is NASA’s mission to study the sun. The probe has flown closer to the sun than any other spacecraft, and is giving scientists lots of information to understand. They’ve already been surprised by solar wind activity, found evidence of dust turning into gas, and learned about space weather!

Library cards are like a pass to the world, because you can read books about anything. But if you live in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, your card can do more than check out books. Your library card can reserve tickets to science centers, museums, or botanical gardens, that usually charge an entrance fee! Check it out!

Today is Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day! What period in time would you like to visit? But before you go, celebrate Brownie Day, just in case brownies weren’t invented yet. It’s also Choral Day. Form a chorus with your family or friends, and sing all your favorite songs from the future!

Coca-Cola is releasing the best packaging ever. There will be 8000 bottles of Coke, with Star Wars characters on the labels. The amazing part is, their lightsabers will actually light up! Unfortunately, the limited edition will only be released in Singapore, at random secret locations. I don’t think anyone will be recycling those bottles!

Florida doesn’t make you think of snow. But next year, the Sunshine State will get its first alpine snow park! Snowcat Ridge will have a snow tubing hill and a huge snow play dome, where Floridians will finally get to build snowmen and have snowball fights! All of the fun, without shoveling sidewalks!

Every winter, streets are treated with road salt and chemical de-icers. They help keep the roads clear of snow and ice, but they cause billions of dollars of damage, and aren’t good for the environment. Scientists have discovered that a de-icer made from grape skins, salt brine, and agricultural waste, works even better!