Each spring, millions of people flock to the Netherlands to see its tulips. Across the country, around seven billion blooms cover wide fields, forming a patchwork of bright reds, purples, yellows, and pinks. Tulip season runs from March to May. But the flowers are usually at their best from mid-April to early May....
Read news articleOn April 22, 2026, more than a billion people around the world will celebrate Earth Day. The environmental movement was started by US Senator Gaylord Nelson. On April 22, 1970, he urged Americans to take to the streets and call for stronger environmental protections. The first Earth Day drew twenty million people from across the country. This was about 10 percent of the US population....
Read news articleIn a plot that sounds straight out of a movie, a truck filled with KitKat bars vanished while en route from a Nestlé factory in central Italy to Poland. The shipment included more than 413,000 KitKat bars, shaped like Formula 1 race cars. They were part of a special release celebrating the 75th anniversary of Formula 1 auto racing and the 90th anniversary of KitKat....
Read news articleNASA's Artemis II mission successfully completed a lunar flyby on April 6 and 7, 2026. It was the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. The astronauts got a rare view of the Moon's far side. They also witnessed a total solar eclipse from deep space....
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