Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. It's Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021, and we begin with a mathematician's mind-blowing calculation.

Dr. Kit Yates of England's Bath University estimated that if you took all the COVID-19 particles that are currently floating around the planet and collected them in one place, they would all fit inside a soda can with room to spare.

Dr. Yates says there are about 2 quintillion or 2 billion billion virus particles in the world at any one time.

Even accounting for the coronavirus's projecting spiky proteins and the fact that the round particles would have small gaps when stacked together, this calculation shows the incredible tiny size of this virus.

Dr. Yates says it's astonishing to think that all the trouble, disruption and hardship over the last year could constitute just a few mouthfuls of what would undoubtedly be the worst beverage in history.

Coca-Cola drinks may be super popular, but that's also created a super big problem.

In fact, the company was named the world's worst plastic polluter last year. It uses about 6.5 billion pounds of plastic annually and most is never recycled.

So the giant beverage company is trying out a new option, paper bottles. These revolutionary containers are made from a single piece of specially pressed paper.

For now, it still has a thin plastic lining and a plastic cap, but it's hoped those can eventually be made with other plant-based materials too.

These paper bottles will only be used for a fruit drink, Coca-Cola makes called a des and will be tested in Hungary this summer to see how they hold up to a thirsty public.

Texas is in recovery mode after getting wallet by a rare combination of snow and ice, but a few heartwarming news stories have come out of the Lone Star State.

First, a grocery store employee in Austin was trying to fit in one last delivery before the storm hit, but Chelsea got stuck on a customer's steep icy driveway.

So the family let her stay with them for five days until the storm passed.

Chelsea said her own apartment had lost power and water, so she admits it worked out pretty well.

An HEB grocery store nearby Leander lost power, just as hundreds of shoppers were trying to grab last minute items ahead of the storm.

Since many customers only had credit cards to make their purchases, the store ended up letting all the shoppers take their groceries without paying,

which led to a flood of grateful comments and thank yous on social media.

And look, honest ice creams did an ice cream giveaway on Sunday in Austin and San Antonio as a morale booster for their customers.

There's nothing more French than a fresh baguette and some are trying to cook up a way to preserve this tasty heritage.

The technique behind the traditional four ingredient bread may soon be named a UNESCO culture treasure, a title usually reserved for traditional crafts, rituals and practices.

The push for the classification comes after supermarkets in France started selling mass-produced frozen options.

The Confederation of French Bakers submitted an application hoping the UNESCO listing would preserve the recipe as well as boost the morale of all the boulangeries or bakeries in France.

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