Are You Flipping Out?
If you’re really good at some trick and do it a zillion times in a row, chances are you could make or break a new world record. Like Army Lieutenant Jalyessa Walker, who did an incredible 49 backflips...
View ArticleA Surprise Top Dog
One of the longest races people run is the 26-mile marathon. Well, a dog in Alabama ran one by accident! A bloodhound named Ludivine somehow found the trail for the half-marathon race that was...
View ArticleGoing Slideways
Tires aren’t just for cars and trucks. In “inner tubing,” you sit or lie down on a giant donut-shaped balloon and slide down the snowy, slippery hill. It’s called an “inner” tube because it’s from...
View ArticleMega Sno-Cone Machine
During a hockey game, the most exciting player might be the Zamboni. This big, clunky machine smooths the ice during breaks in the game. Bumps and grooves form from players skating on it and digging in...
View ArticleMay the Best Pizza Fan Win!
In the Super Bowl, a bunch of guys on a football field try to throw a pointy ball and knock each other down, while the rest of us watch and eat way too much pizza. So how many pizzas can fill a...
View ArticleThe Bungee Dunker
Bungee jumping is that crazy sport where you hook yourself to a long, stretchy bungee cord on a bridge or cliff, then jump off. You fall FAST until the cord stretches out, then you snap back up towards...
View ArticleSnow-Crushing Squirrels
Looks like squirrels do snow sports just like we do! This snowmobile-riding squirrel looks surprised at his new skills. Photographer Geert Weggen rounded up the neighborhood squirrels for their own...
View ArticleTime to Puck-er Up
How many hockey pucks can you fit in a hockey rink? They can line up in neat rows and columns, where their centers form squares (see the picture). BUT if they line up honeycomb-style to make...
View ArticleWell, Shucks
Do you love corn on the cob? Before you can cook it, you have to “shuck” it. That means yanking off the corn’s husk (the big green leaves) and the brown silk strings. It’s kind of like peeling a...
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