Author: Lisa Mungovan

Arm yourself with some soft pillows, and get ready to battle. It’s Pillow Fight Day! Warn your opponent , before bashing them with a pillow, unless you want to start a real fight, haha! It’s also Official Fish Fingers And Custard Day, which will only make sense if you watch Doctor Who. It sounds revolting.

Today is DIY Day, which stands for Do It Yourself. You can learn just about anything from YouTube videos, from installing a toilet, to building a treehouse. One thing you might not want to do yourself, is walk on fire. It’s also Firewalk Day! Firewalking has been used in rituals and ceremonies, for 3000 years.

Today is Find A Rainbow Day. Rainbows in the sky are caused by reflection, refraction, and dispersion of light in water droplets. You can create your own rainbow on a sunny day by making a fine spray of water with a hose. Have a party when you find one; it’s also World Party Day!

A North Carolina Dollar General store, had a persistent thief. A stray dog kept sneaking in, trying to steal a purple stuffed unicorn. After the 5th shoplifting attempt, the employees called animal services. Officer Lane nicknamed the dog Sisu, bought him the unicorn, and took him to the shelter, to find his forever home.

Uranus is a weird planet. It’s tipped sideways on its rotational axis, spins clockwise instead of counter-clockwise, smells horrible, and its rings are different than all the other planets. Now, astronomers have detected x-rays coming out of Uranus, and they don’t know what’s causing them. The planet likes to keep everyone guessing!

The Tanystropheus was a reptile from the Triassic period, 242,000,000 years ago. It looked sort of like a crocodile, with a very-very-very long neck. How did a creature with a 4-foot-long body, support a 7-foot-long neck? Paleontologists now believe its body rested on the ground underwater, while its head floated on the surface, trapping food.

Today is Ferret Day. The popular pet is related to minks and weasels. They love to play! It’s also Peanut Butter And Jelly Day, as well as Children’s Book Day. Make a PB&J sandwich, and read your favorite kids books. Start with A Ferret Named Phil, by William Reimer, or Janet Nolan’s PB&J Hooray!

April Fools’ Day is over, so let me set the record straight. Some of yesterday’s news was a joke! Cauliflower Marshmallow Peeps, and guacamole toothpaste, don’t really exist. Did you get tricked by anyone? Look through today’s news, to get ideas for revenge pranks next year!

Pokemon Go, is holding an April Fools’ Day special event, to celebrate some of the trickiest Pokemon, like Croagunk and Aipom. You’ll be able to complete special tasks, fight Team Go Rocket Grunts, and maybe find a Shiny, while catching mischievous Pokemon. The event starts at noon. You have 1 week to complete research tasks.

Chosen Foods, specializes in avocados. They make organic cooking oils and sprays, guacamole, mayonnaise, sauces, and salad dressings, out of the nutrition-packed fruit. Their newest product, is GuacPaste. It’s guacamole toothpaste, made with hand-scooped Hass avocados. Get your toothbrushes ready, because kid-friendly flavors like Garlic, Pesto, and Harvest Fresh, are coming soon.