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Can you imagine a world without the internet? Many of your parents were born before “www” meant anything! That alone deserves respect today, on Respect For Parents Day. It’s World Wide Web Day also. Thank you to Tim Berners-Lee for inventing the magnificent way to connect everyone in the world in seconds, back in 1989!
Frere Jacques, Row Row Row Your Boat, and Make New Friends are 3 popular songs that can be sung in rounds. That’s when one person starts singing, then the next person starts when the first person gets to the second line. Try it with some friends, for Rounds Resounding Day! It’s lots of fun!
Here’s something interesting, for Sunflower Day. A sunflower’s face tilts toward the sun, as it moves across the sky throughout the day. Scientists have used nanotechnology to create solar panels, that copy the sunflower’s ability to follow the sun. Tiny stems on their experimental SunBOTs bend towards light, to absorb maximum energy!
It’s Sandcastle Day, so get to a beach and start building! It’s going to take you a while if you want to beat the record for the world’s biggest sandcastle. That one was in Denmark, and stood more than 69 feet tall! It was built using 6,400 tons of sand. That’s 12, 800,000 pounds!
Today is Disc Golf Day. If you don’t have a disc golf course nearby, grab a frisbee and make your own targets to hit. Landing it in a birdbath, can be a hole-in-one. It’s also Mustard Day. Which do you like better; smooth yellow mustard, or coarse brown mustard full of crunchy mustard seeds?
Today is World Ranger Day. With over 100,000 parks and protected areas around the world, park rangers are essential. In nature reserves where endangered species like elephants live, park rangers put their lives on the line, to protect animals from poachers. Park rangers help preserve the parks, so everyone can enjoy them forever!
Do you know how to play the hydraulaphone? Maybe you’d like to take nellophone lessons. Or you could watch someone play the theremin. It’s Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day! It’s also National Mutt Day. Purebred dogs are great, but 2 breeds mixed together is twice as great, right? So a mixed-up mutt is best of all!
Today is Avocado Day, and Hawaii grows some of the world’s heaviest. One avocado weighed 5.6 pounds, and made enough guacamole to feed the whole Pokini family! They hold the official world record, but Kenji Fukumitsu has often given away avocados that weigh more than 6 pounds! That’s a lot of avocado toast.
Today is Fairy Floss Day! Spun sugar has been around since the 15th century. It’s also known as cotton candy, or candy floss. Maybe that’s because confectioner John Wharton and dentist William Morrison, invented the first cotton candy machine. Don’t floss your teeth with cotton candy, or you’ll need to see a dentist!
Today is Get Gnarly Day. Be like a surfer attacking a gnarly wave, and tackle something fun and exciting. How about talking in an elevator? Did you ever notice how quiet people are, in an elevator? Since today is Talk In An Elevator Day, say hi and smile, and make someone happy!