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Every year, over 7 trillion kilograms of plastic are washed into the oceans. There are five huge areas in the world’s oceans that are a “soup” of floating trash. One of these areas, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is three times as large as the country of France.

Huge iceberg stuck in the sea and  threatens Greenland village. Some people left the area. Others stayed, but are scared that pieces might break off the iceberg and create huge waves that could destroy the village. Most of 180 people in the village live by fishing or hunting.

Fingernails normally grow about 4 centimeters a year, and long nails can break easily. Shridhar Chillal holds the world record for the longest fingernails. After 66 years of growing the fingernails on his left hand, he cut them off at age 82. Added up, his fingernails were about as tall as a three story building. Mr. Chillal says that he took a challenge, he wanted to show that he could learn to take care of something for a long time.

The French government decided that students between the ages of 3 and 15 will not be allowed to use their phones at school. The new law says that students must leave their phones at home or turn them off for the full school day. These days the children don’t play at break time anymore, they are just all in front of their smartphones and that’s a problem. People also think not having phones at school will cut down on cyberbullying.

A group in Australia that works to protect animals completed the world’s largest cat-proof fence. The fence is 44 kilometers long. Because it is electric, it will keep feral cats and foxes out so that native animals like golden bandicoot can live safely inside. The area inside the fence is 94 square kilometers. 

Each year, tobacco kills over 7 million people. Tens of millions more people live with serious illnesses caused by tobacco. Tobacco has a drug in it called “nicotine”. Nicotine is a poison. But when people have a little bit of it, it can give them an excited feeling and make their hearts beat quicker. Over time, nicotine changes the body so that people feel like they need more of it. They have become “addicted” to the nicotine in the tobacco and it`s hard for them to stop.

NASA launched a ship which will go closer to the sun than any human ship ever before. It will collect important information about the area that surrounds the sun.