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Happy Birthday to Claude! Turning 21 years old at the Academy of Sciences!
Happy Birthday to Claude! Our famous albino alligator at the Academy of Sciences. Today marks his 21st birthday. Claude was born in a...
Charlotte Rygh
Sep 14, 20201 min read
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Shrimp 'n Lobster Visit Independence Hall Where United Colonies was changed to the United States
Just after the American Revolution in 1776 the continental congress got together and decided to rename their country from United Colonies...
Charlotte Rygh
Sep 8, 20201 min read
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Happy Labor Day Everyone!
We hope you are all enjoying your day off, with good food and the company of good friends. Be safe out there!
Charlotte Rygh
Sep 6, 20201 min read
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The Corn Moon Rises! The Last Full Moon of Summer
This is no early Halloween prank! We're in full bloom of the Corn Moon. This early full moon of September has also been dubbed Fruit...
Charlotte Rygh
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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Holy Maranara! La Tomatina Festival Canceled!
Every year in Buñol, Spain, on the last Wednesday of August, the Tomatina Festival begins. This one day festival which lasts about one...
Charlotte Rygh
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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The Corpse Flower stinks up the Conservatory of Flowers in SF!
A real stink bomb has gone off and the scent is around the Corpse Flower named Terra the Titan! The aroma of spoiled meat may turn...
Charlotte Rygh
Aug 18, 20201 min read
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Sue the Rockin' T-Rex Discovered!
It was 30 years ago on August 12, 1990 that a nearly complete skeleton of a T-rex was discovered in South Dakota. Susan Hendrickson found...
Charlotte Rygh
Aug 11, 20201 min read
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Blue Lobster at Red Lobster Saved from the Cooking Pot!
A very lucky Blue Lobster was saved from the cooking pot thanks to a Red Lobster employee who noticed the unique color of the crustacean....
Charlotte Rygh
Aug 4, 20201 min read
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Happy Birthday NASA!
Can you believe it's been 62 years since the United States pushed to reach for the stars? That's right, NASA, the National Aeronautics...
Charlotte Rygh
Jul 28, 20201 min read
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After 604 Years the Stork Returns to the UK
It's exciting to see that after 604 years the white stork has returned to the UK! These beautiful birds fly from as far as South Africa....
Charlotte Rygh
Jul 21, 20201 min read
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Fourteen Years ago Twitter was Launched!
That's right! On July 15, 2006 Twitter became accessible to the public. Can you believe it's already been fourteen years? From the first...
Charlotte Rygh
Jul 14, 20201 min read
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Happy Birthday USA and now Paris!
The United States just celebrated its 244th birthday. We celebrated along the shores of Lake Tahoe. One of our favorite places to be! But...
Charlotte Rygh
Jul 7, 20201 min read
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Sunglasses Were Made in China!
You heard it here! The origin of sunglasses came from China in the early 14th century. The lenses were made of smoked quarts and were...
Charlotte Rygh
Jun 30, 20201 min read
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Happy Summer Solstice!
Would you look at that...Summer has arrived! Officially, we celebrated this day on Saturday, June 20, 2020. It was foggy here in San...
Charlotte Rygh
Jun 23, 20202 min read
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Queen Elizabeth Celebrates her Birthday plus the other Royal Gramma
Happy Birthday to the Queen! Well, we mean second birthday. Officially the Queen was born April 21, 1926. But every second Saturday of...
Charlotte Rygh
Jun 16, 20202 min read
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Two ways to celebrate Worlds Ocean's Week!
Monday, June 8th kicked off the week with World Oceans Day. This day was created during the Earth Summit in Brazil in 1992 by Canada’s...
Charlotte Rygh
Jun 9, 20204 min read
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Shrimp 'n Lobster launch with SpaceX
Over the weekend we saw the thrilling launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9. We couldn't be more excited than to see astronauts Robert Behnken...
Charlotte Rygh
Jun 2, 20201 min read
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Skies are Blue...the silver lining
Today, as we have slowed down, reduced our driving and flying; one thing has stood out. They sky! It has taken a break from the worlds...
Charlotte Rygh
May 28, 20201 min read
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The Big Launch! SpaceX Up-up-and-away making History Today!
It's been ten years since we've launched a crew into Space. We can't wait to see astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley pave the way to...
Charlotte Rygh
May 26, 20201 min read
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Blarney! The Word of The Day!
This mornings daily vocabulary alerted me to the word, blarney. In definition it means: deceptive or misleading talk; nonsense; hooey! I...
Charlotte Rygh
May 12, 20201 min read
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