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Flock of sheep in China rush rest stop and throw down the coffees like they own the joint. Picture: Newsflare via Reuters Connect

Latte-loving sheep guzzles coffee

Table manners were missing in action as a flock of sheep crashed a casual coffee catch up in China – should someone have stopped this woolly wag from chugging the caffeine? TAKE OUR POLL

Sport
emerging 11-year-old Aussie chess prodigy Reyaansh Chakrabarty composite.Picture: NewsWire

Aussie 11yo’s world champ gambit

First inspired by a fictional chess player, rising Australian whiz kid Reyaansh Chakrabarty has since beaten Grandmasters for real – here’s his plan for becoming Australia’s first world champ

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, , An exuberant gorilla at Werribee Open Range Zoo is challenging the common belief that this species avoids the rain – and he’s making quite a splash doing it., , , The 25-year-old silverback, Ganyeka, has been filmed on discreet keeper cameras enthusiastically enjoying the rain, putting a cheeky spin on the classic phrase ‘singing in the rain’. Picture: Zoos Victoria

Gorilla caught playing in the rain

Discreetly placed cameras have captured the wonderful moment a gorilla decided to let loose and play in the rain after his brother took shelter from the wet weather. Watch the funny footage here

Animals
Valerie the Dachshund turns three! Picture: The Paws Room

Happy Birthday! Valerie turns three

She’s the mischievous pup who captured the world’s attention after spending 529 days missing on a Kangaroo Island – now Valerie is celebrating back home with her big 3rd birthday bash

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Giant potato found in New Zealand found not to be a potato afterall

World’s biggest spud is a dud

A couple who believed they’d dug up the world’s largest potato in New Zealand have had their hopes mashed after tests showed it wasn’t a potato after all

Space
KIDS NEWS: A fully functional Launch Abort System (LAS) with a test version of Orion attached launched e in July 2019. Picture: NASA/supplied

Fly your name to the moon

Space fans stuck on planet Earth can now register their name and become a virtual passenger on the coming Artemis I moon mission

Animals
Taronga Zoo announces the birth of two Red Panda Cubs and brand-new Cub Cam. Supplied

Red panda cubs born at Taronga

Cuteness levels have doubled at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo with the safe arrival of a pair of red panda cubs, whose early antics are being captured and shared via CCTV

Arts
Zoe Neal's Covid-19 cartoon won the Kids New Cartoon Contest in the Year 7-8 age group.

Cartoon Contest winners unveiled

The absurd side of pandemic life and a rugby obsessed penguin have inspired the winning entries in the inaugural Kids News Cartoon Contest. Check out the winning cartoons here

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Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! by David Walliams

Time to have some fun with Gangsta Granny

Download four great activity sheets to celebrate the end of the school year and the release of international best-selling author David Walliams’ new book, Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!

Arts
Mark Knight cartoon for tuesday 23rd of November 2021 Herald Sun Newspaper

Should have called in an expert

Cartoonist Mark Knight reckons a teenage fangirl would have been the perfect option to pull off Channel 7’s botched interview with singing megastar Adele

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This selfie picture taken on November 10, 2021, shows French balloonist Remi Ouvrard attempting to set a world record by standing on the top of a hot air balloon for the Telethon at an altitude of over 3637 meters, in Chatellerault, western France. (Photo by REMI OUVRARD / AFP)

Record ride on top of hot-air balloon

A French daredevil has set a world record for standing on top of a hot-air balloon higher above the ground than ever before – and has this breathtaking selfie to prove it

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Kids trick or treat in Halloween costume and face mask. Children in dress up with candy bucket in coronavirus pandemic. Little boy and girl trick or treating with pumpkin lantern. Autumn holiday fun.

Tips for a Covid-safe Halloween

Halloween fun might look a bit different this year. Take a look at our tips for safe trick-or-treating and find out where this spooky tradition came from