Author: Lisa Mungovan

The shortest dog in the world, a chihuahua named Pearl, is only 3.59 inches high at the shoulder. Today is Chihuahua Appreciation Day, so show the tiny dogs some big love! It’s also Buttermilk Biscuit Day. If you don’t want to make them from scratch, have fun popping store-bought biscuits, out of a can!

Have you ever heard, of Underground America Day? It celebrates the approximately 6,000 people in the United States, who live in subterranean dwellings. Some people build their homes into hillsides, with round doors like the Hobbits. Others are carved into cliffs, or dug into the earth. Underground homes are easy to cool, like caves.

Quick, who knows the Chicken Dance? It’s Dance Like A Chicken Day! The Chicken Dance song was written in the 1950’s, so millions of people can teach you the fun dance moves. Then you should play some more modern music for chickens. I’m sure they’ve got a few new moves they can show you!

A dog park in Florida, held a record-breaking pool party. 277 dogs of all sizes, came to the Chewy Summer Social, to splash and swim in a bunch of kiddie pools, and shake water on their humans. Some pools were full of balls, for extra fun. It was the largest pup-pool-party ever!

Did you know there’s self-digesting plastic? The material has bacterial spores living inside, that help it biodegrade once it’s discarded. Even plastics that claim to be compostable, need a microbe-rich environment to actually break them down, so they often never disappear. Self-degrading plastic has the microbes built right in, to decompose it effectively.

Today is the day your pet frog dreams about. It’s Frog Jumping Day! Can your frog beat the world record? Rosie the Ribbet-er jumped over 21 feet! It’s also Leprechaun Day. While both leprechauns and frogs, are small, green, and hard to catch, only one will lead you to a pot of gold!

Have you ever baked a pie from scratch? It’s easier than you think. Today is Apple Pie Day, so make a pie to celebrate! It’s also Fruit Cocktail Day, Crouton Day, and International Hummus Day, so chop some fruit, toast some bread, and grind some chick peas. That will make an interesting dinner!

A building in Singapore, contains an urban forest. The 17th through 20th floors of the CapitaSpring tower are a Green Oasis, where a spiral path trails through gardens and tiny tropical forests. The rooftop gardens supply herbs, fruits, and vegetables to the building’s restaurants. The 51-story skyscraper, holds more than 80,000 plants.

It’s Nutty Fudge Day, so make fudge in 3 minutes! Combine 3 cups of semisweet chocolate chips and 1 can of sweetened condensed milk in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 1 minute or more, until melted. Then stir in some walnuts, spread in a pan, and refrigerate. It’s that easy!

For Odometer Day, look at your car’s odometer. The numbers tell you how many miles the car has traveled. On older cars, you could watch the numbers turn as the car moved, but now most odometers are digital. How close is your family car, to a notable number like 33,333, 45,678, or 200,000? It’ll only happen once!