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Workers in amusement park in France trained crows to pick up small pieces of trash. Rooks learn that they can get food by putting rubbish in the box.

English government plans to make energy drinks against the law for school children. Caffeine is a chemical that can help people feel more awake or excited. But many teachers say that because of drinks like Coca-Cola kids behave badly in classroom. The caffeine can cause sleep problems, headaches and stomachaches. The sugar damages teeth, and teenagers gain weight. Most large supermarkets in England already do not sell energy drinks to children under 16.

La Tomatina is a funny fight with tomatoes in a small town in Spain. La Tomatina always happens on the last Wednesday of August. 20 thousand people from around the world purchase tickets to take part in this festival.  At 11 o’clock a firework goes off, and there are seven trucks with 145 thousands of kilograms of tomatoes. People start to throw tomatoes at each other. Soon everyone is slipping and sliding in the pool of tomato juice on the ground. The people wear old clothes there. Many people wear goggles or masks to protect their eyes from tomato juice.

Astronauts on the International Space Station patched a small leak in one part of the station. They used cloth and special glue. NASA says that the hole was made by a tiny bit of flying meteorite or maybe the station was hit by a small piece of space debris.