Author: Lisa Mungovan

Trees are awesome. They clean pollution out of the air, and produce oxygen for us to breathe. They are food and shelter for wildlife. Trees give us shade, flowers, fruit and nuts, and wood. Today is Arbor Day, created to encourage everyone to plant a tree. What kind of tree will you plant?

Today is Bubble Tea Day! The bubbles in the sweet milky tea, are tapioca balls. If you’d prefer your chewing on the side, it’s also Raisin Day, and Oatmeal Cookie Day. Multi-task, and eat an oatmeal-raisin cookie. Since it’s Honesty Day, tell the truth. Are you the one that ate all the cookies?

Animal shelters are full of animals, waiting for a new family to love! If you can’t have a pet, but still want to walk a dog, you can volunteer at a shelter, to celebrate Adopt A Shelter Pet Day! Adopt a dog, cat, or a rabbit named Bugs, since it’s also Bugs Bunny Day!

A new type of hadrosaur has been identified, from the late Cretaceous period. The bones of Yamatosaurus izanagii, a type of duck-billed dinosaur, were found on an island off the coast of Japan, by an amateur fossil-hunter. Hadrosaurs like izinagii, had hundreds of teeth packed into their mouths, to eat vegetation.

12-year-old Alena Analeigh, has always wanted to work for NASA. She’s flying towards her goal at warp speed, as she’s already finished high school. Alena will start college in May, with a double major in astronomical/planetary science, and chemistry. She’d love to build rovers at NASA, like the ones on Mars.

A gamma-ray map of the sky, shows 14 unknown objects. Astrophysicists think the objects could be stars, made of antimatter. The hypothetical existence of antistars, would help explain where all the antimatter in the universe is hanging out. Then again, the objects could turn out to be ordinary black holes or pulsars. We’ll keep watching!

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I wish this poem rhymed,
but it doesn’t.

Today is Poem In Your Pocket Day. Carry your favorite poem around, to share with others. Since it’s also World Wish Day, my wish is that you find a better poem, than the one I wrote, ha-ha!

Today is We Jump The World Day, celebrating Parkour. Also known as free running, it requires impossible-looking jumps and catapulting off walls! It might be easier to celebrate International Dance Day, by dancing all day long! It’s also Zipper Day, so use your jacket zipper to create a funky rhythm.

A new dinosaur called Bagasaurus, was discovered in a hotel room in Australia. Carly, Sam, and their 3-year-old daughter Florence, made the best of a 2-week quarantine period, by creating the 5-foot-tall dinosaur, out of plastic bags and take-out containers. The family plans to save the head as a souvenir, and recycle the rest.

Last year, a chain of kindness grew 900 cars long. Someone paid for the order of the car behind them, at a drive-thru. That customer decided to pay it forward, by paying for the next car. People kept the generosity chain going for 3 days! Start your own chain of kindness, for Pay It Forward Day.