California based punk rock band The Linda Lindas are half Asian and half Latinx … two sisters, a cousin, and their close friend; Mila (10), Eloise (13), Lucia (14), and Bela (16). In May, they played a concert at the Los Angeles Public Library and the video went viral. Since then they have been signed to a record label and performed on TV with Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Check out their LAPL performance and interview …
https://youtu.be/3msSlr4PkDE

Read the Variety article about The Linda Lindas …
https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2021/music/news/linda-lindas-racist-sexist-boy-lapl-1234978285/amp/

Also find The Linda Linda’s on …
Online – https://thelindalindas.wixsite.com/rock/about
Facebook – https://m.facebook.com/TheLindaLindas
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/the_linda_lindas

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Ever wonder why cicadas are SOOOO loud?
Entomologist Dr. Samuel Ramsey (aka “Dr. Sammy”) explains why it is so important for cicadas to gather in large groups and make lots of noise!

Watch this video with Dr. Sammy from Wired- https://youtu.be/9Zlq82muQkU

Also check out Dr. Sammy on …
Facebook – https://m.facebook.com/samuel.ramsey.33
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/drsammygrams/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/drsammytweets
Online – https://www.drsammy.online/

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Q. Are you a Logophile? / LAW-guh-fahyl / 1. Lover of words.

Word Genius will give you a new word each day with pronunciations, definitions, and use in sentences. You can also sign up for a daily email that will bring the word of the day straight to your inbox! Word Genius also provides quizzes and games to test your vocabulary knowledge.

Visit: https://www.wordgenius.com/

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Learn how a team of scientists, restoration experts, and historians worked together to use bacteria to clean Michelangelo’s sculptures of Dusk & Dawn and other marble installations in The Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/30/arts/bacteria-cleaning-michelangelo-medici-restoration.html

Learn more about The Medici Chapel from Britannica.com – https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo/The-Medici-Chapel

See more pictures from The Medici Chapel from The Museums of Florence – http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/Medici_chapels.html

Or check our pictures tagged #medicichapel on social media.

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Did you know you can get a hummingbird to eat from your hand?

Here is a video from The Dodo of someone who trained a neighborhood hummingbird to eat from a handheld feeder …
https://youtu.be/dzVlhurGz7U
… He named his friend the hummingbird Hector because he eats nectar.

For more about hummingbirds, here is a video from National Geographic Wild …
https://youtu.be/gaUhxQtNOwM

For gorgeous hummingbird photographs check out Hummingbird Spot on Instagram …
https://www.instagram.com/hummingbirdspot

There are so many different varieties of hummingbirds!

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39 countries take part at the Eurovision Song Contest each year and holds its finale in May. Watch a 13:59 min video of the Official Recap of all 39 songs of the 2021 contest.
https://youtu.be/u6FU4wPI-ng

If you want to know more about the Eurovision Song Contest check out the website …
https://eurovision.tv

Also on:
Facebook – https://m.facebook.com/EurovisionSongContest
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/eurovision
Twitter – https://twitter.com/Eurovision

For a fun parody movie about the Eurovision Song Contest look for Will Ferrel in …

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8580274/

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May 20th was World Bee Day!
So let’s enjoy learning a bit more about bees.

About World Bee Day:
The UN – https://www.un.org/en/observances/bee-day
Video from Bees R‘ Funny – https://youtu.be/B9SIB7myv18

TikTok Video from Texas Beeworks – https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMetTX771/

About Bee Keeping:
Texas Beeworks Series: What is’t Like to Be A Bee Keeper – https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSLY4JJKazwcmz9ob0frIziomjlxJnVnX

Texas Beeworks on …
Facebook – https://m.facebook.com/TexasBeeworks
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/texasbeeworks
TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@texasbeeworks
Twitter – https://twitter.com/texasbeeworks
Online – https://texasbeeworks.com

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Spring has sprung and summer is on its way. In celebration of all the blooms the April showers have brought in May, spend 2:40 watching this gorgeous video of Bloomingng Flowers in time lapse.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/pZVdQLn_E5w

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