Author: Lisa Mungovan

The shortest dog in the world, a chihuahua named Pearl, is only 3.59 inches high at the shoulder. Today is Chihuahua Appreciation Day, so show the tiny dogs some big love! It’s also Buttermilk Biscuit Day. If you don’t want to make them from scratch, have fun popping store-bought biscuits, out of a can!

Quick, who knows the Chicken Dance? It’s Dance Like A Chicken Day! The Chicken Dance song was written in the 1950’s, so millions of people can teach you the fun dance moves. Then you should play some more modern music for chickens. I’m sure they’ve got a few new moves they can show you!

Have you ever heard, of Underground America Day? It celebrates the approximately 6,000 people in the United States, who live in subterranean dwellings. Some people build their homes into hillsides, with round doors like the Hobbits. Others are carved into cliffs, or dug into the earth. Underground homes are easy to cool, like caves.

A zoo in China is requesting help from the public, to locate a missing capybara. 3 capybaras escaped in early April after breaking through a wooden panel. While 2 were quickly located, the 3rd capybara, named Doubao, is still on the loose after 40 days. The large rodent is native to South America

If you’ve ever wanted to sleep on a plane, but not actually go anywhere, there’s an AirBnB in Wales you would like. Tamir Ali turned a dilapidated Hawker jet from the 1970’s, into a unique rental property, complete with an intact cockpit. Ali usually restores antique cars, so he enjoyed a new challenge.

Last year, researchers developed a new, self-digesting plastic. The material has bacterial spores living inside, that help it biodegrade once it’s discarded. Even plastics that claim to be compostable, need a microbe-rich environment to actually break them down, so they often never disappear. Self-degrading plastic has the microbes built right in, to decompose it effectively.

Have you ever baked a pie from scratch? It’s easier than you think. Today is Apple Pie Day, so make a pie to celebrate! It’s also Fruit Cocktail Day, Crouton Day, and International Hummus Day, so chop some fruit, toast some bread, and grind some chick peas. That will make an interesting dinner!

Today is the day your pet frog dreams about. It’s Frog Jumping Day! Can your frog beat the world record? Rosie the Ribbet-er jumped over 21 feet! It’s also Leprechaun Day. While both leprechauns and frogs, are small, green, and hard to catch, only one will lead you to a pot of gold!

After 53 years, a failed spacecraft from the Soviet Venus exploration program, has returned to Earth. Kosmos 482 got stuck in Earth orbit, never making it to Venus. Its orbit slowly lowered over the years, until it finally got close enough for Earth’s atmosphere to drag it down, crashing the spacecraft into the ocean.

A building in Singapore, contains an urban forest. The 17th through 20th floors of the CapitaSpring tower are a Green Oasis, where a spiral path trails through gardens and tiny tropical forests. The rooftop gardens supply herbs, fruits, and vegetables to 3 restaurants. All in all, the 51-story skyscraper, holds more than 80,000 plants.