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Make some time today to take a nice long bubble bath. While you’re soaking, think of something neat to show off, and eat some English toffee! Apply soothing lotion, before getting dressed in argyle socks. It’s Bubble Bath, Show & Tell At Work, English Toffee, Winter Skin Relief, and Argyle Day!
The 3 little pigs got into some trouble in Siberia. They escaped from their home, trotted into a grocery store, and knocked over bottles in the liquor aisle! Then the naughty pigs started lapping the spilled cognac up off the floor. They were returned to their owner unharmed, but maybe a little bit drunk.
The Parkers lost their dog in the woods in Alabama. Soup had run through the woods, to a prison. Charles Brooks, an employee at Kilby Correctional Facility, found Soup and took him in, where the inmates loved him. The Parkers and their dog were finally reunited, and Soup has loads of new friends!
The devastating bushfires in Australia, have left the world wanting to help. Groups like the Animal Rescue Craft Guild, have been knitting koala mittens, sewing kangaroo pouches, and building possum boxes to help animals. Donating money to groups like Red Cross Australia and Wires, is still the best way to help. Start a fundraiser!
Today is Old Rock Day. Spend some time with your favorite rock, whether it’s an awesome fossil, a soothingly smooth stone, a colorful conglomerate, or just a hefty hunk of gravel! Get a pet rock, or decorate one and leave it for someone to find, or go climb a rock! Old Rock Day rocks!
It’s fun to tap a statue and watch its head bounce around. It’s Bobblehead Day, and it might be the perfect time to get a bobblehead that looks like you! The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, which opened in Milwaukee last February, makes custom bobbleheads for $119!
A woman in Detroit Michigan, is glad she followed her mother’s advice. While they were out shopping, Shatarra Johnson’s mom kept telling her to buy a lottery ticket. She finally gave in, and won $1,000,000! She plans to use the money to pay off her student loans, and take her mom on a nice vacation!
When guests checked into a hotel in England on New Year’s Eve, they found someone was already in the room. It was a snake! The kingsnake was curled up asleep, under the TV. He looked well cared-for, so he probably escaped from another guest. Animal rescuers are taking care of him for now.
The Earth’s neighbor, Venus, has a dense and hazy atmosphere, so it’s hard to see what’s on the surface. Scientists knew the planet has volcanoes that were active 2.5 million years ago. The European Space Agency’s Venus Orbiter, measured infrared light on the planet at night, and found the planet may still be volcanically active!
It just got easier to take a bus, in Olympia Washington. Following the lead of other cities, like Corvallis Oregon and Missoula Montana, Olympia decided to stop charging bus fare! Now riders can travel easily around the city, without needing to look for correct change. That also means less cars polluting the roads!