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3-24-26 High School Kid Invents Water Filter for Microplastics

When her city said there was no funding to do additional filtering of drinking water, a teenager decided to make her own, now award wining, filtration system.
Endangered wild birds teach birds in captivity breeding program how to sing songs needed to attract mates. The bird tutor program is seeing success!
Another meteor streaks across the sky - this time it's a flashing green ball of fire on the west coast of the US.
Plus Travel Tuesday takes us to Kamakura, Japan.
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3-23-26 Another Meteor Streaks Across the Sky, Where Are You on the Happiness Ladder?

First Europe, then Ohio and now Texas.  A pretty big meteor streaks across the sky and chunks of it hit a house. 
The rankings for the happiest country in the world are out and the winner is no surprise. Where do you fall on the happiness meter? Please leave me a comment in the chat with your response to the ladder question.  
Plus, some creepy caves on Hide in Your Cave Monday. 
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3-20-26 Popularity of Labubu Toys Leads to Movie, At the Movies With Tim Sika!

From a new Labubu Movie in the works to "At the Movies With Tim Sika" bringing the great reviews, we have you covered!
Magnificent and massive bison statues are now outside the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum.
All eyes on Hawaii as a massive storm threatens a dam and even more catastrophic flooding.
Plus, Let it Ride! A lottery player keeps winning until he hits the jackpot!
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3-19-26 Lifelike Possum on Stuffed Animal Shelf is the Real Thing, Trivia Thursday

Stuffies are getting so realistic these days....oh wait! A real animal seeks comfort among fake plush toys at an airport gift shop.
Robots go haywire!
Buy your very own waterfall?
Plus, Trivia Thursday.
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3-18-26 Strange Looking Blue Dragons are Popping Up in Texas, Tourons Return, Plus Waterfalls Galore

Stay away from the Blue Dragons! These creatures are appearing on the Texas coast in large numbers.
Another touron...this time at a zoo in Thailand. A man hopped into the Pygmy Hippo enclosure to get up close to the Internet-famous hippo Moo Deng and her mom. The man is now facing trespassing charges.
A strange little bull head figurine found by a hiker in Spain turns out to be an ancient relic.
The most amazing waterfalls on this Waterfall Wednesday.
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3-17-26 Petaluma Tourons Destroy One of a Kind Artifact

Two middle aged men, goofing off at the National History Museum of the Ozarks, are facing charges for allegedly snapping the tusk of a great Woolly Mammoth fossil off by climbing up and hanging from it. Seriously.
Wild outdated law updated in the midwest. Sticky Syrupy mess in California.
Advancement achieved in the "Vesuvius Challenge" as researchers combine technologies to better read ancient charred scrolls.
Plus, let's stop by Oslo, Norway on this Travel Tuesday.
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3-16-26 Are You Finding a Pokémon or Training Robots? Reindeer Racing is Back.

From neighborhoods to shopping malls to business districts, Americans have been filming as they play the popular Pokémon Go game. Now, it seems all that legwork has been for another purpose. The reindeer races are underway in Finland. A new firefighting tank looking robot is being tested. Plus, caves galore. The After Party LIVE!
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3-13-26 Special Charcoal Eating Mushrooms Arrive After Wildfires, At the Movies With Tim Sika!

Healing the forest. What we can learn from fire mushrooms. Are Orca Whales cannibals? At the Movies With Tim Sika! The After Party LIVE! Looking for the show PayPal link?
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3-12-26 First Glimpse of the Birth of a Magnetar, Trivia Thursday!

A glowing pulsing light in space is evidence of the birth of a spinning magnetar. Animals showing up in strange places! A new Environmental Working Group study highlights "forever chemicals" in fruit. Plus, Trivia Thursday! The After Party LIVE! Looking for the show PayPal link? https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=TKFZSASB4VCAL

3-11-26 Whale Watchers in Maui Get a Rare Show, New Michelangelo?

A triple whammy from some playful Humpback Whales off the coast of Lahaina, Maui leaves people in a boat stunned and joyful. Is it or isn't it? An author and researcher says she's uncovered evidence that a bust in an old church is the work of Michelangelo but some art historians aren't so sure. MIT's architecture students create forever modular furniture out of cement meant to last a thousand years. We head to Luxembourg to check out some out of the way waterfalls. The After Party LIVE!
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