Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Making Life Beautiful Day. Cleaning your room, planting flowers, and creating art, are all ways to beautify your surroundings. But the best way to make life beautiful, is by being kind. Treat people with respect, don’t discriminate, don’t be a bully, and ask everyone else to do the same!

Today is Pizza Margherita Day, so forego all the extra toppings, for a simple pie with tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil. Sometimes less is more! For dessert, how about some cake? It’s German Chocolate Cake Day! It’s named after Sam German, who developed the dark baking chocolate used in the recipe.

Don’t you think that tree needs a nice sweater? Get out your crochet or knitting needles and create one, because today is Yarn Bombing Day. Crochet a colorful sleeve right onto a bike rack, signpost, or telephone pole. Then end your day with an ear of roasted corn, for Corn On The Cob Day!

Today is Herbs And Spices Day. Grow your own mint, and pick a leaf any time you want refreshing breath. You can grow herbs in a sunny window. Experiment with spices, like sprinkling curry powder on your grilled cheese. Fun fact; KFC follows only 11 people on X; 7 guys named Herb, and the Spice Girls!

What do you get, when a chicken lays an egg on the roof? You get, an egg roll! R-O-F-L. Today is Egg Roll Day, celebrating the tasty fried appetizers found at nearly any Chinese restaurant. It’s also Frosted Cookie Day, if you’re looking for an idea for dessert.

Today is Black Cow Day. A black cow is root beer or cola with a scoop of ice cream in it. It’s also Iced Tea Day, another great drink for a hot day. While you’re enjoying your drink, celebrate Ballpoint Pen Day by writing about its invention in 1943, by Laszlo and Gyorgy Biro.

In 1928, red streaks on a wall inside Bacon Cave, in Mumbles Wales, were concluded to be iron oxide. 98 years later, a new analysis found the streaks were actually the United Kingdom’s oldest prehistoric art. The cave paintings are more than 17,000 years old, and face a wall with graffiti from 1894.

The 2028 Summer Olympics will take place in Los Angeles California, but a massive cleanup of the San Gabriel and Los Angeles Rivers is needed first. Ocean Cleanup, an organization working on removing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, will send their Interceptor. The barge can remove thousands of pounds of trash every year.

A stray cat in Oklahoma, showed up on the Price family’s porch last month. The cat, now feeling safe, soon gave birth to 5 kittens. A few days later, the cat showed up with one more mouth to feed. She was nursing a fuzzy baby bunny, alongside her own kittens!

Playing in the dirt, can be good for your health. A daycare in Finland planted the yard with forest undergrowth, and let the children care for crops in planter boxes. After only 1 month, the kids developed healthier immune systems, than children who played in yards covered with pavement or gravel.