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Today is High Five Day, but you’re supposed to avoid touching other people’s hands right now. It’s safe to give your pets a high five, but can you think of another way to congratulate humans? Maybe you can slap your own hand, and pretend to toss it to them! Try it and see.

For people who work from home, it will be easy to celebrate Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day. For everyone else, be bold, and be ready to explain to everyone that you didn’t simply forget to get dressed this morning! It’s also Orchid Day. There are over 21,000 varieties of these flowering plants. Happy orchid hunting!

Want to earn some money? David Rush has a challenge for you! The repeated world record breaker, broke another record with Jonathan Hannon, by bouncing 5 ping pong balls into 5 glasses in only 2.31 seconds. They devised the Rush Hour Challenge, of giving a $500 prize to the first team that breaks their record on YouTube!

Captain Tom Moore is an English World War 2 veteran, who’s raising money for British NHS Charities. He will be turning 100 years old on April 30th, so he’s decided to walk 100 laps around his garden, before the big day. He set a goal of raising 1000 pounds, but has already reached over 6,000,000. That’s over $7,500,000!

Yesterday, the Earth hit a neat milestone. The global population reached 7,777,777,777! It quickly passed, and is already nearing 7.78 billion, but it may take 10 years before the population reaches 8,888,888,888. It took until the year 18 hundred, for the world population to reach 1 billion. The 2nd billion took just 130 years. The last billion only took 12 years!

Banana Day is a spring tradition at many universities, featuring everything from races to recipes. Everyone can celebrate the perfectly packaged fruit, which is actually a berry! Bananas are a good source of potassium, and taste great in bread, dipped in chocolate, or even on pizza. Bananas get even healthier as they ripen.

Take a wild guess what day today is. It’s Take A Wild Guess Day! Are you trying to guess how many jelly beans are in a jar? That’s the perfect time for a wild guess! It’s also Rubber Eraser Day. Erasers made from vegetable gum, were first used in 1770, and attached to pencils in 1858.

Just a reminder: don’t call the emergency number, unless it’s an emergency! In Essex England, someone called 999 to report a neighbor for snoring. No matter how loud and annoying, snoring is never a reason to dial the emergency line. Instead, find some earplugs, or learn to play the drums.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Ben Ramirez was taking barista classes in San Francisco California. He hoped to one day open his own coffee shop. He’s getting real-life practice, by making free coffee for essential workers, who pass by his window. He uses a toy gorilla arm, to safely pass the coffee out the window.

Do you miss going out to eat at a restaurant? James Vreeland decided to bring the restaurant to him! The Michigan man built a miniature cafe in his yard, for the neighborhood animals. There’s only outdoor seating at the Maison de Noix, which is French for Nut House. The squirrels and birds give it 5 stars.