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Get ready to defend your dog. Some researchers are saying dogs aren’t really that smart! They say that people simply give dogs more tests to show their intelligence. A dog will come when you call his name. A cat also knows her name, but might choose to ignore you because she’s enjoying her snooze!
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There’s a restaurant that makes you feel like you’re in a comic strip. The Cafe YND239-20, in Seoul Korea, is decorated like a black and white line drawing. The walls, chairs, plates, and even the floorboards, look drawn on. You can be the most colorful thing in the whole place!
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What’s your car’s name? You ride in a car all the time, but you don’t even have a name for it? Well, today is Name Your Car Day, so pick a good one! It’s also World Farm Animals Day. Visit a farm with a pumpkin patch and cows, chickens, and goats just for fun!
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Mary Winchenbach is an artist, but she works in a gross medium. Her creations are made out of local Maine moose poop! She made a Poo Poo Clock, so you can tell when it’s one-turdy. You can take your pick of Fecal People, Moosletoe, or Dingleberry ornaments. She calls them Tirdy Works.
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When you go to a Chinese restaurant, you often get a fortune cookie at the end of the meal. The cookie has a slip of paper folded inside, that gives your fortune, and lucky numbers. Ronnie Martin played those numbers in the New Jersey Mega Millions lottery, and actually won a million dollars!
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Balloon tag is a fun game where everyone ties a balloon around their ankle, and your team tries to step on the other team’s balloons, and pop them. Students at the University of California Irvine, set a world record for largest game of balloon tag. 1514 students joined the game! Pop Poppity Pop!
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It’s National Homemade Cookies Day, so here’s an easy and delicious recipe! Take 1 cup peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, and 1 egg. Mix them all together, then put spoonfuls on a cookie sheet. Flatten them a little with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until the edges start to brown a tiny bit. Now eat them all!
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This is the beginning of Walk Your Dog Week. Even if your dog has a yard to run around in, they love to go for a walk to smell new smells and see new things. It’s also World Vegetarian Day. Try not to eat meat today. Maybe you’ll make it permanent!
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An 8 year-old girl in Pennsylvania became a certified barber! Neijae Graham-Henries started going to the Junior Barber Academy when she was only 7. She didn’t mind being both the only girl, and the youngest student. Now she gives free haircuts to kids in Philadelphia. That’s one sharp kid!
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Do you think there’s life on other planets? NASA has announced a new plan to search for alien life. The space agency will begin looking for technosignatures, which is basically evidence of technology. They’ll use new telescopes to search exoplanets, for signs of laser emissions, polluted atmospheres, megastructures, and even satellites!
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