Foxy Stealing — August 2, 2020
In the news this week, some people in a town in Germany kept losing shoes–one man woke up one morning and one of his running shoes was missing. He had left it on his porch overnight. People suspected a fox,…
April 30, 2020: Cross My Heart…
Today is National Honesty Day. The person who started this day chose April 30 for two reasons: 1. to balance out all the dishonesty that happens on April 1 (April Fools’ Day) and 2. it’s the anniversary of George Washington…
April 28, 2020: Superheroes Unite!
Today is National Superhero Day–how ’bout a couple of fun facts? Did you know that the Hulk was supposed to be gray when he first came into comic books, but they had a printing error and he ended up green?…
PM: November 20, 2019
In the news: a company in Lancaster, CA, has found a way to concentrate the sun’s rays. It’s different from regular solar energy in that it gets super hot, kind of like when you use a magnifying glass to burn…
November 12, 2019
Fun fact for the day: you know the character Pinocchio, right? He was a wooden puppet who came to life, but his nose would grow if he told a lie. So there’s something called Pinocchio’s Paradox– if Pinocchio said “My…
November 9, 2019
Fun fact for the day: According to this website, the town of Yucatàn , Mexico, got its name because explorers from Spain asked locals “what is this place called” and they responded in their own language “I don’t understand you”…
