Good morning, and welcome to Kidnews! I'm Tori. Today is Monday, May 15, 2023, and we begin

with a 13-year-old so brave she wants the world to see her scars. Ella Reed was in shallow water

near a jetty in Fort Pierce, Florida last Thursday, when she had a too close encounter with what she

believes was a five to six-foot bullshark. It bit her in the stomach before she punched it and

sent it on its way. But, as Ella told WPLG, it wouldn't leave her alone and came back to get

her in the arm, finger, and the top of her knee. She says it didn't really hurt because her adrenaline

was through the roof. Ella ended up with 19 stitches, which she's proud to show off.

And while the shark definitely took a bite out of her beach day, she wasn't afraid before,

and she's not afraid now. Ella returned to the inlet the very next day,

and says she'll be back in the water just as soon as her stitches come out.

It's confirmed the rogue rock that we told you about last week, the one that smashed through

the roof of a home in New Jersey, did indeed come from the final frontier. Scientists studied the

two-pound intergalactic guest and determined that not only is it a rare, stony,

con-drite meteorite, but it's also approximately four and a half billion years old.

According to the Planetary Science Institute, hundreds of meteorites fall to earth each year,

but fewer found because they often land in remote areas or in the ocean or are not seen falling,

so no one knows to look for them. CBS Philadelphia reports that only about 1,100 meteorites of

this kind have ever been recovered and identified by scientists. They're often named based on the

nearest postal address, meaning this latest will likely be officially known as the Titusville

New Jersey meteorite. Remember Dr. Deep Sea, the Florida professor who planned to spend 100

days underwater? Well, he's still there, still teaching his students remotely, but now he's doing

so as a world record holder. On Saturday, Dr. Joseph Ditturi hit 74 days living at Jules Undersea

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