Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is English Language Day. Celebrate by making sure you know the difference between Y-O-U-R and Y-O-U-apostrophe-R-E! You can also use old English words, like thee and thou. Dost thou know that it’s Talk Like Shakespeare Day as well? Wherefore art thou Romeo? He’s probably reading by candlelight, because it’s also World Book Night!

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!

You’ll never guess what today is. Seriously, you’ll never guess. It’s International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day! Too wacky? Do an experiment, for World Laboratory Day. Too much work? Go see a movie, for Movie Theater Day. Don’t worry if the movie got bad reviews, because it’s also Take A Chance Day!

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose. Except maybe it’s ok just for today, since it’s International Nose Picking Day, haha! Yuck! Always remember, the mucous in your nose traps bacteria, before it gets in your lungs, so don’t eat your bacteria-filled boogers.

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.

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.

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?

56 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!

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.