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When Macinley Butson was 16, she started researching the side effects, of radiation cancer treatments. The Australian teen found that copper could protect skin from radiation. She created a flexible shield, by weaving copper scales together like medieval armor. Her Scale Mail for Radiation Therapy, or SMART Armor, reduces excess radiation exposure by 75%!

Today is Cotton Candy Day! Spun sugar has been around since the 15th century. It’s also known as fairy floss or candy floss. Maybe that’s because confectioner John Wharton and dentist William Morrison invented the first cotton candy machine. Don’t floss your teeth with cotton candy or you’ll need to see a dentist!

A dog in Britain surprised her family, by having a few more puppies than they were expecting. Instead of having 6 or 8, pups, she gave birth to a litter of 21! She’ll need lots of help to keep them fed. MJ is a Great Dane/ American Bulldog mix, so the big litter will grow up fast!

James Napier bought an old car, but his kids aren’t embarrassed to get dropped off at school in it. That’s because he restored a DeLorean to look just like the time machine, from Back to the Future! He spent 1,200 hours and plenty of money, but he still can’t get the flux capacitor to work!

Imagine if school was cancelled not because of snow, but because of bears. The village of Ryrkaypiy, in Russia, has been overrun by polar bears! Unusually warm weather is bringing the bears inland to find food, instead of hunting at sea. When the ice gets thicker, they’ll move back to their normal habitat.

Archaeologists in Norway have found a 55-foot-long Viking ship in the middle of a farmer’s field. No one knew it was there, because it’s underground! They used radar to detect the buried ship. It probably holds the body of an ancient Norse leader, and is at least 1000 years old. Excavation will reveal more details.

Today is Put On Your Own Shoes Day. I think most of you already do that. If you have a baby in the house, give them a chance to put their own shoes on; they might surprise you! It’s also Microwave Oven Day. Have you ever microwaved a marshmallow? It’s really neat!

A house in Adelaide South Australia, has thousands of lights in a fantastic Christmas display. Their neighbors must have known they could never compete, or maybe they were just lazy. They took a few strands of lights and spelled the word ditto, with an arrow pointing to the extravaganza. Brilliant!

2 co-workers were at a 7-Eleven store, and one man encouraged the other to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket. The second man replied that he never won on that game, and he should buy it himself if he thought it was a winner. So he did, and it was! The first man won $30,000!

There’s never a nice crunchy apple when you want it. That’s about to change, as a new variety of apple goes on sale. The Cosmic Crisp is a sweet and super-crunchy apple, that will stay fresh for up to a year in the fridge! Plus, it doesn’t get brown quickly when you cut it.