Author: Lisa Mungovan

Are you missing any mittens? Is your hat in hiding? Today is Lost And Found Day, so try and track down all your missing items. Check the Lost and Found box at school or work, for any your belongings. Clean under your bed, and you may find lost socks, library books, or spare change!

Today is 12-Hour Fresh Breath Day, so do yourself a favor. Brush your teeth first thing in the morning, because plaque stinks! Brush again after every meal. Don’t forget to floss the particles from between your teeth, so you don’t have rotten food stuck in the cracks. Everyone will love your clean smile.

Old-timey phones used to actually ring. On Ding-A-Ling Day, call people you haven’t talked to in years. Your old babysitter would love to hear from you! Set your mobile’s ring-tone, to old phone, so you’ll ding-a-ling when someone calls you. It’s also Ambrosia Day. The sweet salad has coconut, fruit, marshmallows, and whipped cream!

Today is Gingerbread House Day. If you try to make a gingerbread house and it breaks, just make it look like a giant jawbreaker-asteroid smashed into it! It’s also Poinsettia Day, a plant indigenous to Mexico. Its vibrant red and green leaves make it a favorite around Christmas, and it has tiny yellow flowers.

Marine rescuers had to help 2 dolphins, from a marsh in Massachusetts. The low tide had left them stranded, out of the water. The Marine Mammal Stranding Response Team transported the dolphins to veterinarians, to make sure they were uninjured before getting released back into the ocean.

The In-N-Out Burger restaurants, call out your number when your order is ready. But one number was causing so much excitement, that they started skipping it, and ruined all the fun. Can you guess what it is? If you guessed 67, good job!

Scientists are studying an easy way, to help your body fight viruses. Take a deep breath, and, that’s the answer! Practicing deep breathing, creates a pattern of stretching and relaxing your lungs, which can generate immune responses to viruses. It also strengthens your lungs, so give them some exercise every day, for good health.

Today is Have A Bagel Day. The dense and chewy bread can be toasted, and topped with anything you like! Take a bagel sandwich, to eat on a hike in the mountains. It’s International Mountain Day! You could ski down a mountain, draw a picture of a mountain, or sculpt one from mashed potatoes!

Surfers are excited about new Swellcycle surfboards. The boards are 3D-printed from biodegradable plant materials. Most modern surfboards are carved from petroleum-based blocks of foam, with 40% of the material discarded in landfills. Swellcycle surfboards are made using corn and sugarcane, printed with minimal waste, and don’t shed microplastics into the ocean.

Today is Nobel Day, when the prestigious Nobel Prizes are awarded. The first Nobel Prizes were given out, 124 years ago, according to Alfred Nobel’s last wishes. Each year, people around the world win Nobel Prizes of 10,000,000 Swedish kronor, in the categories of Peace, Physics, Literature, Chemistry, Economics, and Physiology or Medicine.