Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Miniature Golf Day and Archery Day, so you can practice your aim with a ball or an arrow. Be daring and remove labels for Tear The Tags Off The Mattress Day, then spell your name on the fridge for Alphabet Magnet Day. It’s a good thing it’s Stay Up All Night Night!

The Global Big Day is here. People all over the world are recording their observations on eBird online, or using the eBird Mobile app. Have you spotted any birds today? The Merlin Bird ID app is a great help, to identify birds. Spend some time watching, to see which birds visit your yard.

Today is Lost Sock Memorial Day. After taking one last look behind the dryer, have a memorial service to thank them and say goodbye. Use their left-behind mates for sock puppets, or dry-erase board cleaners. Or you could just wear mismatched socks. There’s no law saying socks have to match!

Today is Hurray For Buttons Day! Zippers are quicker and Velcro is easy, but buttons can be beautiful or whimsical, and they’re definitely quieter. It’s also Butterscotch Brownie Day. Sometimes known as blondies, the yummy dessert is made with brown sugar, but no chocolate. Save one for me!

Today is Bellydance Day. Watch a bellydancing tutorial, then give it a try. It’s also Train Day. Take a train ride, or count the graffiti-covered cars on a passing train. Give your best train-whistle, and say, “All aboard!” Then celebrate Windmill Day, by making your own pinwheel, and taking it outside for a spin.

It’s Fintastic Friday, Giving Sharks, Skates, and Rays a Voice. The best way to protect the ocean’s elasmobranchs, is for everyone to learn more about them. Sharks, rays, and skates, are types of cartilaginous fish, that don’t have swim bladders. You have cartilage in your ears, but sharks have cartilage skeletons, instead of bones.

Today is World Donkey Day. Male donkeys are called jacks, and a female is called a jenny. Wild donkeys are only found in North America, although domesticated donkeys live worldwide. Donkeys can hear other donkeys 60 miles away, with their long ears. They can remember donkeys they’ve met, and places they’ve visited, 25 years later!

Are all your favorite socks dirty? Who cares! It’s No Socks Day! Make sure you have clean feet. Take a walk and try to find some iris flowers blooming, for Iris Day. It’s also Coconut Cream Pie Day, and Have A Coke Day. Sounds like a super sweet, Coke-coconutty snack!

Mosquito bites are itchy, annoying, and deadly if they’re carrying diseases. The mosquito’s proboscis looks like a needle, but it has blades, microneedles, and can vibrate and bend at a 90-degree angle, to get through your clothes. Entomologist John Beckman, developed a stretchy fabric, that blocks mosquitos. It’s like spandex chain-mail!

Only 1/4 of Earth’s ocean floor has been mapped, but in the last few years, scientists used satellite data, to locate 19,000 new seamounts. The latest discovery is the 10,200-foot-tall Nazca Ridge. Underwater mountains are formed by volcanic activity. Some are more than 6 miles high, even taller than Mount Everest!