Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Bagel Day. The dense and chewy bread can be toasted, and topped with anything you like! Enjoy it with some booch, for Kombucha Day. The fermented drink is made from tea, and contains billions of probiotics, just like yogurt. You can brew your own kombucha, and flavor it with your favorite fruits.

Today is Organize Your Home Day, so put your house in order. Organize all your craft supplies, then make a kite to celebrate International Kite Day. Uttarayan is a huge kite festival in Ahmedabad India. They hold kite fights, where you try and cut the other person’s strings! I’d rather just watch mine fly.

Look out animals, because it’s Dress Up Your Pet Day! Dress your dog in a new sweater, your cat in a bow tie, and your tarantula in a tiny top hat. Stick paper clothes on your aquarium and photograph your fish at just the right angle. Reward your pets with treats for tolerating you!

We know how fun it is, to push the button in the elevator, or ride up and down the escalator. You’ll have to restrain yourself today, because it’s Take The Stairs Day. The longest stairway in the world runs alongside the Niesen mountain railway, in Switzerland. It has 11,674 steps! Can somebody carry me?

A fence on Kangaroo Island in Australia, is protecting endangered species. The fence is predator-proof, meaning cats can’t get to the many birds and small animals that are trying to recover from devastating wildfires. The population of endangered species on the island has bounced back to 90% since becoming a safe haven.

Oh no! I hear the garbage truck coming, and I forgot to put the trash out! I guess I need the fastest wheelie bin in the world. Michael Wallhead built a motorized trash can named General Waste, that can reach speeds of 66 miles per hour. It even has multiple gears!

Over the weekend, a group of vervet monkeys was on the loose in Saint Louis Missouri. Now, a black and white goat is also wandering around the same city. They asked the public for information about the animals, but A I generated images are complicating the search. Hopefully they’ll locate the correct owners soon.

It’s summer in Australia right now, but animals have adapted ways to stay cool. Wombats retreat underground, koalas hide in the trees, and echidnas blow snot bubbles. Researchers found that when they blow bubbles out of their nose, the snot bubble bursts and wets the nose-tip. Then the evaporating moisture, cools their blood.

Rubber duckies love to float in your bathtub, keeping you company. Today is Rubber Ducky Day, so give your ducks some extra playtime! Let them stick around for Sticker Day. If you want to see unusual stickers, just go to an arts and crafts store, and check out the scrapbooking section.

Today is Clean Off Your Desk Day. Find a few minutes at school, to organize your desk, and don’t forget to sanitize it! If you’re learning from home, and don’t have a desk, clean off your workspace and make a clutter-free zone. What’s that? You study from your bed? Get up and make it!