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The hagfish is amazingly disgusting. Sometimes called the slime eel, the hagfish has no skull or jaws. It escapes predators by releasing up to 5 gallons of slime, clogging the attacker’s gills with mucous. It eats dead animals by crawling in through their mouth and eating the carcass from the inside out. Happy Hagfish Day!

How many buttons do you have on your clothes? Today is Count Your Buttons Day, so make sure they’re all firmly attached! Eat a delicious apple while you count, because it’s Apple Day! It’s also Reptile Awareness Day. Do lizards, snakes, alligators, or turtles live around your house? Be nice to them!

Halloween is coming, and people are carving Jack o’lanterns, decorating with spider webs, and creating costumes. You can get in the spirit, by celebrating Pumpkin Cheesecake Day. Save some for me! It’s also Witch Hazel Day. People use leaves and bark from the witch hazel plant, to treat insect bites and other skin irritations.

A quartet of students at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, designed a puzzle-solving robot, to solve a 4 by 4 by 4 Rubik’s cube. Their robot set a new world record for robots, by solving the puzzle in 9.8 seconds. The fastest time for a human is 15 seconds.

The Orionids meteor showers are here! The meteors are created by debris left by Halley’s Comet. Tonight will be a great time to see them, around 2:00 in the morning! Set your alarm and hope for clear skies, and you might get to wish on 20 shooting stars per hour!

A school in California, used a creative way, to keep crows and geese away. The birds had been pooping all over the playground, so the school put coyote statues outside. The fake coyotes, named Oak and Sequoia, scare birds away. They look so real, that some passerby call the school to warn them.

October is unpredictable. One day it’s hot like summer, and 2 days later it could snow! Make sure your winter coat fits, and donate your outgrown gear to keep other people warm, for Share The Warmth Day. You could also organize a coat drive at your school, or donate money to one warm coat.org.

You can skip wearing a belt today. It’s Suspenders Day! In some countries, they’re called braces. Whatever you call them, rainbow-colored ones are a fun way to hold your pants up. It’s also International Chef Day. Wear a chef’s hat and try out a new recipe. Create a fancy menu, for your personal restaurant!

Rainforests are home to countless species of plants, animals, and insects, as well as an important source of oxygen. The Amazon, a tropical rainforest, supplies 20% of the world’s oxygen, and holds a fifth of the world’s freshwater. North America has temperate rainforests, stretching from California’s Redwood forest, up through British Columbia to Alaska.

How’s your life going? It’s Evaluate Your Life Day, so really think about it. Are you being kind to people? Are you lazy? Do you get enough exercise, and have a healthy diet? Do you clean up your own messes? Think about changes you can make to grow into the best adult ever.