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Have you ever gotten a baseball autographed? Imagine having a baseball with thousands of autographs! A giant baseball with an 8-foot diameter, was taken to 15 Minor League Baseball stadiums, to gather 6,750 signatures. It now holds the world record for most signatures on a baseball.
A sea lion in California, got too far from the beach, and was spotted wandering on the road. Police guided the sea lion, nicknamed Pointer, to a nearby park. Pointer enjoyed the park’s sprinklers while waiting for Marine Mammal Center workers. They’ll release him back in the ocean, after treating him for an infection.
Today is Water Balloon Day. Have a massive water balloon fight with your family. Don’t forget to pick up the balloon scraps! You could also ambush someone, if you want to be sneaky. Drop it on them from above, then jump in bed and pretend you were asleep. I hope you fool them!
Frere Jacques, Row Row Row Your Boat, and Make New Friends are 3 popular songs that can be sung in rounds. That’s when one person starts singing, then the next person starts when the first person gets to the second line. Try it with some friends, for Rounds Resounding Day! It’s lots of fun!
Can you imagine a world without the internet? Many of your parents were born before “www” meant anything! That alone deserves respect today, on Respect For Parents Day. It’s World Wide Web Day also. Thank you to Tim Berners-Lee for inventing the magnificent way to connect everyone in the world in seconds, back in 1989!
Today is World Ranger Day. With over 100,000 parks and protected areas around the world, park rangers are essential. In nature reserves where endangered species like elephants live, park rangers put their lives on the line, to protect animals from poachers. Park rangers help preserve the parks, so everyone can enjoy them forever!
Today is Fairy Floss Day! Spun sugar has been around since the 15th century. It’s also known as cotton candy, or candy floss. Maybe that’s because confectioner John Wharton and dentist William Morrison, invented the first cotton candy machine. Don’t floss your teeth with cotton candy, or you’ll need to see a dentist!
Today is Avocado Day, and Hawaii grows some of the world’s heaviest. One avocado weighed 5.6 pounds, and made enough guacamole to feed the whole Pokini family! They hold the official world record, but Kenji Fukumitsu has often given away avocados that weigh more than 6 pounds! That’s a lot of avocado toast.
Do you know how to play the hydraulaphone? Maybe you’d like to take nellophone lessons. Or you could watch someone play the theremin. It’s Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day! It’s also National Mutt Day. Purebred dogs are great, but 2 breeds mixed together is twice as great, right? So a mixed-up mutt is best of all!
Devastating wildfires in the United States, make at least one animal happy. The black-backed woodpecker finds its favorite food, black fire beetle larvae, in fire-damaged forests. The beetles lay eggs in trees that are still warm from fires. Other creatures nest in holes made by woodpeckers, and drop seeds to regrow forests.