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Do you know anyone who has donated blood? When someone in an accident loses lots of blood, hospitals use donated blood to save their life. Scientists found that donors also benefit, by reducing the amount of forever chemicals, known as PFAS, in their blood. Everybody wins! You can become a blood donor at 16.
Elephants are the largest land mammals in the world. Their skin is an inch thick, they can weigh over 12,000 pounds, and they eat 300-600 pounds of food a day, with around 220 pounds coming back out as poop. But elephants are hunted illegally for their tusks, and losing habitat. Learn more, for Save The Elephant Day.
For people who work from home, it will be easy to celebrate Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day. For everyone else, be bold, prepare to explain to everyone that you didn’t simply forget to get dressed this morning! It’s also Orchid Day. There are over 21,000 varieties of these flowering plants. Happy orchid hunting!
I’ve gotta record for sale here who’ll give me 1 dollar 1-dolla 1 dolla 1 here now gimme 2 2 2 dolla-two SOLD! For $2! It’s Auctioneers Day! Talk like an auctioneer and sell something to your friends. I pretended to auction a record, because it’s also Record Store Day. If you can still find one, visit it!
There’s a family in Minnesota, that everyone looks up to. That’s because their average height, is 6 feet 8 inches. The Trapp family is officially the world’s tallest family. Dad is 6 feet 8 inches, Mom is 6 foot 3, and their kids measure 6 6, 6 8, and 7 foot 3.
In 1959, French artist Yves Klein produced a series of imaginary art, called Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility. A receipt for the invisible art, just sold at an auction, for nearly 1.2 million dollars. Klein invited buyers to burn their proof of purchase as part of the buying ritual, so receipts are quite rare.
Tardigrades are amazing microscopic creatures. Also called water bears or moss piglets, they can survive in the cold vacuum of space, in volcanoes and in deep underwater trenches. They can withstand radiation blasts or live for decades without food or water. New research shows, that tardigrades sometimes ride on snails, for long journeys.
Today is McDonald’s Day. Richard and Maurice McDonald opened a barbeque restaurant in 1940, and added the Speedee Service System in 1948, selling hamburgers at a counter for 15 cents. Ray Kroc bought their business, and opened his first McDonald’s franchise, in 1955. Now, you can visit Mickey D’s in over 120 countries!
Take a wild guess what day today is. It’s Take A Wild Guess Day! Are you trying to guess how many jelly beans are in a jar? That’s the perfect time for a wild guess! It’s also Rubber Eraser Day. Erasers made from vegetable gum, were first used in 1770, and attached to pencils in 1858.
A group in Alberta Canada, broke the record for the longest hockey game ever. They started March 31st, and played for 261 hours straight! Players took 6-8 hour shifts. The old record was 252 hours, although that game was a little harder. The temperature hit 58 degrees below 0, and the pucks kept shattering!