Category: Kids News

Today, eat all your meals packaged in pastry, because it’s Empanada Day. To make empanadas, fold dough around the filling of your choice. You could use cheese, vegetables, fruit, or whatever else you’d like. The pockets are then baked or fried. They’re so popular, some cities even have empanada carts on the street corners.

Today is Zoo Lovers Day. Look for the A-Z-A logo, to show that a zoo is accredited. That means they take great care of their animals! It’s also Draw A Picture Of A Bird Day. Try sketching the unusual birds at the zoo’s aviary, common ones at home, or crazy imaginary birds!

A cat in Kansas hates going to the vet so much, it took the fire department to get him there. The cat got stuck inside a mechanical reclining chair, while trying to avoid his annual checkup. Firefighters had to cut the chair open to free him. The cat’s vet visit went just fine.

Today is Beaver Day! Beavers are the national animal of Canada. The master engineers build dams and canals, and make lodges out of mud and sticks. Their dams create valuable wetlands. They can stay underwater for 15 minutes, and use their flat tails like rudders. Beavers eat trees for dinner, including the toothpick.

Today is World Health Day, commemorating the creation of the World Health Organization. This year’s theme is,  “Together for health. Stand with science.” Scientists around the world work together, to safeguard the health of humans, animals, plants, and the environment. Research and scientific evidence result in better disease prevention for everyone.

There are 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, and 1760 yards in a mile. Also, there are 10 millimeters in a centimeter, 100 centimeters in a meter, and 1000 meters in a kilometer. The second group is the metric system, which certainly seems easier to remember. Happy Metric Day!

A flight to California from North Carolina was delayed, due to bees. A swarm of bees had landed in the airplane’s turbine, and beekeepers had to come out and remove them. Swarms are common in springtime, as bee colonies set out with their queen, in search of a new home.

Today is World Table Tennis Day. It’s a lot easier to fit a ping-pong table in your house, than a tennis court. Table tennis began as a parlor game in Victorian England, and became an Olympic Sport in 19 88. If you don’t have a ping-pong table in your house, use your dining room table instead!

Today is Twinkie Day. The cream-filled sponge cake snacks, have been around since 1930. It’s also Fresh Tomato Day, which isn’t nearly as sweet, but is equally squishable. Keep them protected, while you celebrate Jump Over Things Day. It’s also Siamese Cat Day, so invite a kitty to jump over things with you!

Yum-yummy-yum, today is Caramel Popcorn Day! The salty-sweet treat has been around since the 18-hundreds. It’s Teflon Day too. If you make your own caramel corn, you’ll be thanking Roy Plunket for inventing Teflon, or polytetraflouroethylene, and Marion Trozzolo for the Happy Pan. Teflon is the non-stick coating that makes cookware easy to clean!