Author: Lisa Mungovan

It’s Old Farmer’s Day, and a perfect way to celebrate is to find a local farm and pick a pumpkin! Do you have a vegetable garden? You’re a farmer too! It’s also Moment of Frustration Scream Day. How do you cope when you’re frustrated? Sometimes a good scream, can let off steam.

A team of scientists in Germany, discovered an unexpected deep-sea deposit this year. A spike of the radioactive isotope beryllium-10, was embedded in the Pacific Ocean’s seafloor crust. The isotope forms when cosmic rays strike Earth’s atmosphere, meaning a nearby star probably went supernova and exploded, 10,000,000 years ago.

Police officers in Ohio, were in hot pursuit of a runaway pumpkin this week. A giant inflatable pumpkin had broken loose from someone’s Halloween-decorated yard, and gone rolling down the street. They joked that “Cinderella’s carriage did, in fact, turn back into a pumpkin just after midnight.” They safely deflated and returned the pumpkin.

Are you aware, that not all penguins live where it’s cold? Now you know, for International African Penguin Awareness Day. The Cape or South African penguin, lives in Africa. They lay their eggs in burrows, to protect them from the heat. The holes are also handy, for hiding from leopards!

Did you dress up for Halloween last year? Is your costume sad because you never wore it again? Make your costume happy, by having a costume swap! Everyone gets a new costume for free. You don’t have to wait for Halloween to dress up. You can wear your costumes anytime. Happy Costume Swap Day!

Today is Chess Day. Learn how to play this classic game, and you’ll soon be saying, “Checkmate!” It’s I Love Yarn Day too. You could play with a yarn-ball like a kitten, or learn to knit or crochet! Then, if your chess partner is taking too long to move, you could knit a scarf.

Jade Henderson set a new world record, for the most pull ups by a woman in one hour. The Australian bodybuilder averaged 12-per-minute, with a final tally of 733 pull ups. She had originally hoped to attempt to break the 24-hour record, but tore a tendon after doing 3,500 pull-ups in 12 hours.

Today is Walk To A Park Day. Find your closest park, and enjoy the journey! Talk about sea creatures on the way, because it’s also Squid And Cuttlefish Day. Cuttlefish and squid are cephalopods, that have 8 arms and can change color like octopuses. In addition, they have 2 longer tentacles. Want a hug?

Did you know it’s World Egg Day? Ostrich eggs are so big, that one weighed nearly 6 pounds! A vervain hummingbird’s tiny eggs are only 10 mm long. Snake eggs are leathery, while frog eggs are clear and look like jelly. Even some mammals lay eggs, like duck-billed platypuses and echidnas. Eggs are egg-citing!

Today is World Porridge Day. It’s great to have hot cereal on a chilly morning! It’s Hug A Drummer Day too. Tell them thanks for always keeping the beat! It’s also Cake Decorating Day and Angel Food Cake Day, so practice your icing techniques, and decorate a cake to look like a drum!