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Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Thursday, March 20th, 2025. And we begin with

the changing of the season. Despite blizzard-like conditions in the upper Midwest, Mother Nature

ushered in spring in the northern hemisphere at 501 Eastern Time this morning. This first day of

spring is also known as the vernal or spring equinox, with equinox meaning

equal. Today, the sun is directly over the equator, making day and night almost equal in length.

Days will continue to get longer and nights shorter until the start of summer on June 20th.

For those in the southern hemisphere, today is the start of fall, and that's where 15-year-old

Sam Ruth just made history as the youngest person to run a mile in less than four minutes.

Sam set the record yesterday with the time of 358.355 at Go Media Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. He's had lots

of milestone moments lately, but told Reuters, this was probably my favorite. I've definitely

enjoyed this one the most with all the people here supporting me. Sam is from a family of runners,

his mom and dad have won numerous titles, as did his maternal

grandparents before them. And his 13-year-old younger sister is also getting in on the action. Running

a mile in less than four minutes was once considered impossible. The first to do it was Great

Britain's Roger Bannister in 1954.

Also from New Zealand, a marine creature bullied his whole life for his looks is now on top of the podium as fish of the year. Once crowned the world's ugliest animal, the unhappy-looking

gelatinous blobfish, beat out the orange ruffy, long-fin eel, and pygmy

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