Author: Lisa Mungovan

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!

There once was a young boy from France, who ripped a big hole in his pants. He sewed up the hole, with help from a mole, and then they played tag with some ants. It’s Limerick Day! That’s the kind of poem I just made up. Can you write one too?

Zoos often have breeding programs, to help save some of the world’s most endangered animals. European zoos sent 4 mountain bongos, Africa’s rarest antelope, to the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy, to boost its wild mountain bongo population. Hopefully we’ll soon see many more of their distinctive stripes and spiral horns, in their native habitat.

Back in 1919, the Taggart Baking Company packaged individual cupcakes for sale, including 2 for 5 cents. They became the chocolate Hostess Cupcakes we love today, although they didn’t get the creamy filling and signature squiggle on top until 1950. They’ve also had orange, vanilla, and strawberry flavors. Happy Hostess Cupcake Day!

Do you want to eat spaghetti for breakfast? Do you enjoy melted ice cream on your salad? It’s Eat What You Want Day, so go for it! It’s also Twilight Zone Day. Watch the old TV show, about strange and mysterious happenings. When something weird happens in real life, you’ve entered the Twilight Zone.

A police officer in Colorado, performed an incredible feat of bravery. She removed a cup, that was stuck on a skunk’s head! The poor little skunk was wandering around a parking lot late at night, unable to see. The skunk happily waddled away, thankfully without spraying her. Garbage was the only stinker that night!

David Rush is a man of ridiculous talents. He’s broken more than 350 world records for things like balancing a pool cue on his forehead, walking with a lawnmower on his chin, and popping balloons blindfolded without hands. His latest accomplishment is balancing a skateboard on his chin for1 hour, 1 minute, 36 seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You know the saying, to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes? It means you have to put yourself in their place, to understand what they’re going through. But some people don’t even have shoes. One Day Without Shoes Day, brings awareness to the 300,000,000 people in poverty, who must go barefoot.

Did you know that the ocean, produces over half of the world’s oxygen? Its currents help regulate Earth’s climate, and scientists estimate that 1,000,000 species live in the ocean. More people have been to the Moon, than to the bottom of the deepest part of the ocean. Happy Mother Ocean Day!

Today is Mother’s Day in much of the world. Did you forget? Quick, go make your mom a card! Thank you to all the women, who act as our mothers. A good gift for kids to give their moms, is a clean room. Maybe that’s why it’s also, Clean Up Your Room Day.