Author: Lisa Mungovan

Are you tired of your furniture or clothes? Take your old stuff and repaint it, or add to it, until it makes you happy! It’s Upcycling Day! Look around to see what you can create out of old toilet paper rolls, jars and cans, and have a craft day. Turn trash into treasure!

Today is Fairy Day! You might think fairies are cute little creatures, but in Ireland, you don’t mess with the fairy folk. If you see a rock or a ring of trees and bushes in the middle of a field, leave it alone. It’s a fairy fort, and you don’t dare anger the fairies!

Happy Hydration Day! The human body is about 60% water, and it’s easy to lose it in the hot summertime. Dehydration can make you tired, dizzy, confused, grumpy, or give you a headache. Don’t wait until you’re thirsty, to grab a drink. Humans can survive 3 weeks without food, but only 4 days without water!

Get out all your pink clothes, for Pink Day! Pink used to be the color for boys in the 19th century. The lighter shade of red, was considered masculine. Later, it was considered a girl’s color. Now, everybody wears all the colors! It’s also Pink Flamingo Day, celebrating the best lawn ornaments ever.

Today is Typewriter Day. Typing on a computer, where you can delete mistakes, or move paragraphs around, is so easy. But what happens when the printer won’t work again? On a typewriter, you can enjoy rolling the paper in, listening to the clacks and dings, and watching keys strike the paper. It’s so satisfying!

Cats are known to bring animals like birds or mice home, to play with inside. But a dog named Bingo surprised its humans, by bringing an armadillo in the house! His family was screaming and panicking so much, that he brought the armadillo back outside, where it scurried away from all the chaos.

If you spend enough time looking at the ground, you might find a 4-leaf clover, which is considered good luck. But Yoshiharu Watanabe, makes his own luck. He grows his own clover, and hand-pollinates the ones with the most leaves. He once grew a world record-breaking super-duper lucky clover, with 63 leaves!

A species of deep-sea spider, is fascinating scientists. Actually a marine arthropod, the spiders exist near cracks in the seafloor, where methane gas seeps out. Bacteria living on the spiders turn the gas into carbon and energy, and the spiders turn the bacteria into food, by eating them directly off their own bodies.

Rainforests are home to countless species of plants, animals, and insects, as well as an important source of oxygen. The Amazon rainforest alone, supplies 20% of the world’s oxygen, and holds a fifth of the world’s freshwater. Unfortunately, acres of rainforest are cut down every minute. Educate yourself, in honor of World Rainforest Day.

Today is B Kinder Day, started in honor of 12-year-old Billie Kinder. It brings a message of hope, empathy, and change in the world. Think before you speak, and be more kind to everyone. It’s also Onion Rings Day, and Chocolate Eclair Day.  Loop giant onion rings onto your eclairs, for a delicious feast!