Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Your daily kids news podcast.

It’s lights out in Spain; a very expensive splash; Lego turns a turtle turbo; and an eye-popping achievement.

A US Navy jet took an unexpected dive off an aircraft carrier into the Red Sea — oops! Luckily, everyone is okay (except the jet, now a very expensive submarine).

Root the turtle might be missing a foot, but he’s rolling in style! Thanks to a Lego skateboard and a speedy spirit, he’s zipping around a Canadian museum — and winning hearts everywhere. Cowabunga, dude!

One man’s super weird talent — popping his eyeballs almost 2 centimetres out of his head — has landed him a Guinness World Record! It’s equal parts gross, awesome, and totally impossible to unsee.

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