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Good morning and welcome the kid news.

I'm Kim.

Today is Tuesday, May 20th, 2025. And we begin with an eight-year-old wowing his school science fair by recreating a move made famous by the King of Pop. Specifically, Michael Jackson's mind-bending, gravity-defying 45-degree lean in performances and videos. Jonah Cassidy Opper from Oakland, California,

decided to skip the tried and true baking soda volcano and lemon batteries to build the shoes

that allowed Jackson to do what he did so well. From the Popstar's patent information on the

internet, Jonah was able to design his own version of the footwear using a hitch mechanism

that allowed the shoes to attach themselves to a wooden plank. Jonah experimented with Air Jordans

and boots with elastic side panels, but nothing allowed him to lean forward far enough until he

tried loose, lace-up, patent leather shoes. His presentation at the Redwood Heights Science Fair earned him a spot at a district-wide stem fair.

Next, he says, is a shoe to allow him to do MJ's famous moonwalk.

Paleontologists working in the Canadian Rockies have discovered the fossil of a super bizarre creature

that roam the sea more than 500 million years ago. Called Mosura Fentone and nicknamed the

Seamoth, it sounds like something out of science fiction, with a circular mouth lined with rows

of teeth and get ready three eyes. It was about as long as an index finger and also

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