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Squiz Kids! It's your daily news fix fun free fresh Hello and welcome to Squiz Kids today your fresh take on what's happening in the world around you I'm Christi Kidgerina.
It's Wednesday, April 30.
In Squiz Kids today, it's lights out in Spain.
A very expensive splash, Lego turns a turtle turbo, and an eye -popping achievement.
That's what's making news kid -style.
The low -down. What do you think's worse, a traffic jam, a canceled train, or getting stuck in a lift when the lights go out?
If you're scared of the dark, Or even if you just like Wi -Fi, spare a thought for the millions of people caught up in a huge power outage across Spain and Portugal on Monday.
Even though it was daytime, plenty of unlucky people trapped in elevators, tunnels and indoor spaces were suddenly plunged into pitch blackness.
Hospitals flicked over to backup generators, trains came to a grinding halt, cities gridlocked and over 50 million people were told to head home, many of them on foot.
Even the Madrid Open Tennis Tournament was thrown into chaos with Australia's Alex Dimenor preparing to take the court when everything went dark.
It all started just after 12 30 pm local time when Spain's electricity network collapsed.
A massive drop in power in just five seconds caused Spain's grid to disconnect from France's, triggering a blackout.
And while investigators say it doesn't look like sabotage or a cyber -attack, no one was quite sure what caused the initial power loss.
But by Monday night the lights were coming back on and the crowds went wild.
Spin the globe. Each day we give the world global spin and find a news story from wherever it stops.
And today we've landed in the Red Sea in the Middle East, where a very expensive splash is making headlines.
Now you might already know, but an aircraft carrier is a giant ship that acts like a floating airport for fighter jets.
And earlier this week, a US Navy jet rolled right off one and sunk into the sea.
It happened aboard the USS Harry S Truman as sailors were towing an FA -18 Super Hornet think the jet that Tom Cruise flew in the 2022 Top Gun movie, into position.
Something went wrong and both the jet and the small towing tractor slid right off the deck.
One sailor had to leap from the cockpit and another from the tractor.
Thankfully though there was only one minor injury.
Now the jet is worth about $93 million Aussie dollars.
Ouch! And with now resting at the bottom of the Red Sea it's unlikely to ever be recovered.
I wonder how you explain that one to your boss?
Music Animal Kingdom Okay.
So, not every turtle gets to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
But one clever wood turtle in Canada is proving that he's just as rad.
20 year old Ruth the Turtle is a new resident at a natural history museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
And no one knows exactly how it happened.
but Root is missing his right front foot but even one foot down this tenacious turtle loves to take a daily stroll around the museum but staff noticed that he was scraping his bottom shell on the floor and damaging it so after a Lego exhibit at the museum late last year they came up with a brilliant plan to build him a tiny skateboard out of you guessed it LEGO.
The staff clipped it on with a tiny dog harness and now Root cruises around like a pro.
First day he zoomed down a ramp a little faster than expected, but now when he hears the click of his harness he's off and rolling, exploring the museum and getting plenty of exercise.
And yes of course there's a link to video in the episode notes!
And with his custom ride and speedy moves, Root is first becoming a real commercial.
Drat, the mum joke buzzer got me again.
Believe it or not, you're one of the people that can roll their tongues.
Or maybe you can wiggle your ears.
But have you ever seen someone pop their eyeballs right out of their head?
A man from Uruguay now living in Italy has broken a Guinness World Record thanks to his unusual party trick of popping his eyes right out of their sockets, almost like a cartoon character.
He discovered this talent when he was about eight years old and after years of practice, perfected the ability to relax the muscles around his eyes and make them boing forward. Official measurements show his eyeballs can pop out an incredible 19mm out of their sockets.
That's about 3 quarters of an inch, enough to earn him the world record for farthest eyeball pop for a male.
He says the best part is seeing people shocked reactions and honestly, watching it gave me the shivers.
There's a link to video in the episode notes if you dare.
A quick message to all the adults listening.
There are only three sleeps to go before the federal election, which means you don't have much time left to send the message to Canberra that you care about the amount of fake news, unsafe material and misinformation that kids are being exposed to online.
So, if you haven't already, make sure you jump on over to our website, squizkids .com .au to sign our petition and join the 11 ,000 others who have done it already.
Or if you're voting this week and you get chatting to a politician who wants your vote, make sure to tell them how important you think media literacy education is for our kids.
They deserve nothing less.
Time for the squiz.
This is the part of the podcast where you get to test how well you've been listening.
Question number one.
Which two countries were affected by the blackout we told you about in today's Lowdown?
That would be Spain and Portugal.
Question number two.
What device did staff use to clip Root's Lego skateboard to him?
Did you say a little dog harness?
You are correct! Question number three, how far can an eye -popping world record holder push his eyes out of their socket?
And you can tell me in millimeters or inches.
Well done if you remembered that it's 19 mm or about three quarters of an inch. Shout out!
It's Wednesday April 30.
Stop food waste day.
So, when you open your lunch box today, don't just leave your banana to go brown or your to go mouldy and grab some chips from the canteen instead, get that scummy food in your tummy.
Today is also a special day for these Squiz Kids celebrating a birthday today.
Marcus from Artarmen, Gavin from NorthRide, Sara from Brisbane, James from Forest Lake, Alex from Sydney and Ollie from South Australia.
And a big belated birthday shoutout goes to Eleanor from Wingham.
Classroom shout -outs today go to year 5 with Ms. Korsman at Holy Spirit Primary School in Koori Koori.
Class 4a with Ms. De Tote at Trinity College in East Perth.
Class 6 Neptune with Mr. Diaz at Chester Hill primary school.
And class 2b with Mr. Gilbert at Alambi Heights Public School.
And if you celebrated a birthday over the recent school holiday break, your shout -out was announced in the bumper holiday quizzes.
Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Don't forget if you've got a birthday coming up and you want a shout out or if you're after a classroom shout out, drop us a line at squizkids at thesquiz .com .au or fill out the form on our website.
Well, that's all we have time for.
Thanks for listening to Squiz Kids today.
We'll be back again tomorrow.
In the meantime, get out there and have a most excellent day.
Over and out.
