Author: Lisa Mungovan

The Super Bowl takes place today in Louisiana. Will this year’s American football champions be the Philadelphia Eagles, or the Kansas City Chiefs? Maybe you’ll just watch Kendrick Lamar perform in the halftime show.  Don’t forget the Puppy Bowl, on Animal Planet. It’ll be Team Fluff versus Team Ruff, playing for the Lombarky trophy.

40 humans teamed up with a talented dog, to set a new world record. Coda is the skateboarding cocker spaniel from Japan, who rode through the longest tunnel of human legs. His owner, Satomi Asano, trains dogs through praising and teaching. Coda also participated in a dog surfing contest in California.

In 1888, Louis LePrince made the first motion picture. Roundhay Garden Scene was only 2 seconds long, just long enough to eat one piece of popcorn! It would be 7 more years before Auguste and Louis Lumière started the motion picture industry. Today is Global Movie Day, so have a movie marathon and watch all your favorites!

Did you know, it’s Potato Lover’s Day? What way do you love them the most? Have some baked potatoes and hash browns and potato dumplings and French fries and potato chips and home fries and sweet potatoes and tater tots and mashed potatoes and potato skins, so you can make an informed decision.

Today is National Boy Scouts Day. The Boy Scouts of America was created in 1910, inspired by the British Boy Scouts. Since then, 130,000,000 Scouts have enjoyed earning 138 different merit badges. The Pinewood Derby, where Scouts design their own miniature wooden racing cars, has been taking place since 1953. Scouts pledge to do their best.

Grab your favorite kite and head outside. It’s Kite Flying Day! While you’re out there, sing a song in your best opera voice. You can listen to some famous opera singers like Luciano Pavarotti or Maria Callas for inspiration, since it’s Opera Day. Finally, celebrate Molasses Bar Day, with a pan of homemade treats!

“Opening a can of worms” is when you try to fix a problem, and it causes more problems. But a reptile wrangler in Australia opened a pile of snakes! Dylan Cooper was called to remove 6 venomous, red-bellied snakes from a mulch pile. He caught 5 adults, and 97 babies as they hatched underneath.

Can you name all the elements? If you said no, you just named Nobelium, number 102 on the Periodic Table of the Elements! Today is Periodic Table Day. The chart arranges all the chemical elements by atomic number, properties, and electrons, into groups and rows that make sense. So far, there are 118 known elements.

When you see your neighbors today, don’t just give them a nod. It’s Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day! Then go leaping and twirling down the sidewalk, because it’s Ballet Day! Take a break from dancing, to make a card for someone, since it’s also Send A Card To A Friend Day.

Today is Fettuccine Alfredo Day. It’s an Italian dish consisting of long, flat pasta noodles, covered in a creamy butter and cheese sauce. It’s also Rose Day. There are more than 150 wild species of roses, and 30,000 cultivated varieties. A vase of roses on the table, will make your meal seem fancy.