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Where would we be without bees? We’d have no honey, flowers, fruits or vegetables. Farmers depend on bees to pollinate crops, so on World Bee Day, let’s say thanks! It’s also Rescue Dog Day. In the U.S. alone, over 3,000,000 dogs are waiting to be adopted in shelters. You can rescue a new best friend!

Today is Be A Millionaire Day. No one is going to just give you a million dollars. Will you invent something amazing, or simply be diligent about saving money? While you make a plan, gain a stone by eating a peck of strawberries. It’s Pick Strawberries Day, and also Weights And Measures Day!

A restaurant in Maryland has a fun way, to enforce social distancing when they reopen. They’ll use bumper tables. Fish Tales, in Ocean City, has a fleet of wheeled tables, surrounded by large inflated tubes. Individuals can roll around and bump into others, while eating their food. I hope the drinks have lids!

When NASA had an opening for a Planetary Protection Officer, 9-year-old Jack Davis applied for the job. His qualifications include being great at video games, watching space shows, and a sister who calls him an alien. NASA encouraged Jack to study hard, for a future job protecting the Earth from microbes on space-rock samples.

If you believe you spotted a blue honeybee, you’re not hallucinating. The rare blue calamintha bee was first discovered 9 years ago, before disappearing for another 5 years. Recently, there have been sightings in Florida, where they feed on endangered calamint plants. They bang their heads against flowers, to collect as much pollen as possible.

The Teen Enrichment Network, is a group of teenagers in Fredericksburg Virginia, that focuses on helping their community. Right now, they’re raising money to buy hand sanitizer, for homebound senior citizens. They negotiated their own discount contract, for the hard-to-find sanitizer, and deliver it with the help of local restaurants.

If your name is May or Ray, this day is extra-special for you. As for everyone else, get outside in the sunshine and catch some rays! It’s May Ray Day! It’s also Devil’s Food Cake Day. Do you know how the chocolate cake gets so moist? The recipe calls for hot or boiling water.

As restaurants reopen, they’re trying to keep space between tables for safety. In order to make the restaurants seem less empty, a few are using dummies to fill up space. The Inn at Little Washington, in Virginia, has mannequins dressed in 19 40’s style clothes, while Open Hearth in South Carolina is using inflatable people.

A spectacular heart made of lights, hovered in the air in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The aerial sculpture was made by Studio Drift, using 300 drones, which fly together like a flock of birds. The red pulsing lights simulated a beating heart, as a thank you to all the Dutch healthcare workers.

Have you ever played Kerbal Space Program? The video game lets you build and fly your own spacecraft. In honor of the upcoming Crew Dragon liftoff on May 27th, which will take astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA challenges you to simulate the mission on Kerbal Space Program. Share your results using #LaunchAmerica.