My Cat Loves Me

Does your cat ever knead you? I know it needs you, to feed it, but does it knead you with its paws, like dough? Cats have scent glands in their paws, so when they massage you, they’re releasing pheromones. It’s your cat’s way of communicating, that you’re their person.

Chorus by Candlelight

Today is Worldwide Candle Lighting Day. At 7 PM, light candles to honor those you have lost, and keep the wave of light traveling around the world. It’s also Choral Day, so sing songs while you gather around the candles. If it’s your birthday, sing Happy Birthday last, so you can blow them out!

Climb a Big Bagel Mountain

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!

Rare Baby Tapir Born

There are less than 2,500 Malayan tapirs remaining in the wild, but at least there’s one more in captivity. The Chester Zoo in England, welcomed a new baby tapir, named Nessa, born to mother Margery, and father Betong. Tapirs are animals that kind of resemble a pig, with a short trunk like an elephant.

I Think I’ll Cover My Toothbrush

When you flush the toilet, do you close the lid first? Scientists took a video of a flushing toilet, and used lasers to illuminate all the invisible water droplets that flew into the air. Considering the water holds poop and pee, it’s disgusting to see that stuff floating around your bathroom. Yuck!

New Nobel Laureates Named

Today is Nobel Day, when the prestigious Nobel Prizes are awarded. The first Nobel Prizes were given out, 121 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.

Delicious Decorating

Today is Gingerbread Decorating Day. Start by making gingerbread cookies, and give them faces and clothes drawn with icing. Soon, you’ll be ready to decorate a gingerbread house, with gumdrops and peppermints. Finally, you’ll be ready to be mayor, of your own gingerbread city! Don’t eat it, or you’ll be out of a job.

A Place for Every Book

Today is Dewey Decimal System Day. When you go to the library to look for a book, you’re probably using Melvil Dewey’s classification system, which he invented in 18 76. You’ll see the number on the spine of the book, which lets librarians know exactly where to file it!

Unburied Treasure

A large wooden object, is slowly appearing on a beach in Florida. Recent hurricane erosion, is uncovering what appears to be a shipwreck, from the 18 hundreds. Archaeologists started removing sand from the 80-foot structure to photograph it, but there are no plans to dig it up. The tides will eventually bury it again.

No Llama Drama

Today is Llama Day. The furry mammal is a camelid, related to alpacas. They are native to South America, and were domesticated as pack animals, 5000 years ago. Babies are called crias. Llama day celebrations in Canada, include dressing like llamas, sending llama-tines, carving llama- shaped butter statues, and going door-to-door for llama-shaped treats.

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