Author: Lisa Mungovan

Do you ever ask people to read your favorite book to you? Switch things up today, and let someone else pick the book, for Read A Child A Book You Like Day. Whether it’s an old story your grandparents loved, or something from another country that you’d never heard of, new stories are entertaining.

Half of the olive oil in the European Union, is produced in Spain, resulting in 400,000 tons of olive pits. Instead of throwing them out, Spain uses the pits to create biofuel. The dried pits are turned into something similar to wood pellets, and used to heat homes and power oil mills.

Today is World Rivers Day. The longest river in the world is the Nile, at 4160 miles long, although some scientists say the Amazon is even longer, depending on how you measure it. What’s the name of the river closest to your home? Where does it begin and end? Go visit it today!

Today is Tourism Day, but it’s a long time until summer vacation. Instead, explore close to home, and be a tourist in your own town! Today is also the Day Of Forgiveness, so forgive the tourists who don’t know where they’re going. It feels better to forgive someone, than to stay mad at them.

Today is Ancestor Appreciation Day. Did any of your ancestors come from other countries? Make a family tree, label your parents and grandparents, and see how far back you can trace. Then go stomp a soda can for Crush A Can Day. It’s fun, plus it makes it more compact to recycle!

Attention! Chocolate milk does not come from brown cows! One study of 1000 adults, showed 48% of them didn’t know where chocolate milk came from, and 7% thought it only came from brown cows. For the record, chocolate milk is just milk with chocolate syrup added. Happy Chocolate Milk Day!

Today is Alpaca Day. The furry mammal is a camelid, and looks like a llama. They are native to South America, and were raised by the Incas for their soft fleece, 6000 years ago. Alpacas will use a common dung heap, so some people keep them in the house! You can also take alpaca-yoga classes.

Today is International Rabbit Day. The world’s biggest rabbit, Darius, is over 4 feet long! Do you have any photos of bunnies? Make a rabbit scrapbook. If they’re digital photos, make sure you’ve backed them up somewhere, since it’s also Save Your Photos Day. Don’t lose your pictures when you lose your phone.

Today is Seat Check Saturday. Car seats aren’t just for babies. They keep kids safe, until a car’s built-in seatbelts fit them properly. Kids should sit in car seats until they outgrow them, around age 7. Then they can use booster seats and seatbelts, until around age 12. Rear seats are safest.

Food is more fun, when it’s in an edible wrapper. If you roll fillings into a flour tortilla, like a burrito, and then fry it, you have a chimichanga. If you fold fillings into dough, then steam or boil them you have dumplings. Celebrate Chimichanga Day and Dumpling Day, with lots of yummy food.