Author: Lisa Mungovan

Going out to eat, doesn’t have to be expensive. Just have a picnic outside! Pack a lunch and eat in the park, your yard, your porch, or even your living room floor, for Picnic Day. It’s also Asparagus Day, English Muffin Day, and Cherry Cheesecake Day, so be sure your picnic includes those foods!

Today is World Table Tennis Day. It’s a lot easier to fit a ping-pong table in your house, than a tennis court. Table tennis began as a parlor game in Victorian England, and became an Olympic Sport in 19 88. If you don’t have a ping-pong table in your house, use your dining room table instead!

Did you catch the peak of the Lyrid meteor showers this morning? Don’t worry if you forgot. You can still spot some fireballs this week, as Earth passes through a comet’s debris field. The bits of rock burning up in the atmosphere, are most visible looking east in a pre-dawn sky.

Lots of teenage boys, use Axe body spray, to smell good. Apparently, it can also be used, to calm down aggressive sheep. Farmers in England, say the body spray masks hormones, that cause rams to fight. It can also help convince mother sheep, to adopt abandoned lambs, since they identify their babies by smell.

55 years ago, on April 22nd 1970, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day. He wanted people to focus on the environment, air and water pollution. It grew into a global movement, bringing the world together to try and keep the Earth clean, prevent global warming, and preserve nature for future generations. Happy Earth Day!

April showers bring May flowers. But what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims, haha. Celebrate April Showers Day, by playing in the rain. Today is also Narwhal Day, a type of whale with horn-like tooth growing out of its head. Also known as Unicorns of the Sea, narwhals live in icy Arctic waters.

Today is Beagle Day, a type of dog. The most famous beagle is Snoopy. What’s your doggie’s name? Also, what’s your favorite jelly bean flavor? Sample them all, for Jelly Bean Day! The Jelly Belly Bean Boozled packs, have flavors like vomit, rotten egg, and earwax. Do you dare try them?

Today is World Curlew Day. Curlews are birds with long, curving beaks, and mottled brown feathers. Part of the sandpiper family, there are 9 species of the large, ground-dwelling bird. Curlews wade along coastlines, digging their long beaks into sand and mud for food. Listen to their distinctive calls, online at AllAboutBirds.org.

Did you know, it’s Big Word Day? Some long words, like antidisestablishmentarianism, don’t come up in most conversations. Other important-sounding words, are uncommon, but have simple meanings. For instance, another word for beautiful, is pulchritudinous. Utilize a substantial vocabulary to electrify your consanguineous contemporaries, simply means, use big words to impress your family.

Happy Kindergarten Day! Kindergarten is where you learn some of the most important things in life. You need to share, respect others, and be kind. Of course, learning your letters and numbers is important too! Thank you, Kindergarten teachers, for making us all better humans!