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Did you ever need to report something that wasn’t really an emergency? 9-1-1 is the emergency phone number, but it was getting overwhelmed with calls about illegal parking, or noise complaints. Many cities now use 3-1-1, to handle calls that aren’t urgent. For National 3-1-1 Day, find out if your city is one of them!

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, 1 of 2 days celebrating John Chapman. He traveled around the United States, planting orchards of apple trees. He used his tin hat as a pot, and ate out of it! It’s also Worship Of Tools Day, so polish your hammer and charge up your drill. Tools are wonderful things.

A wave of blue swept through France on Saturday, as a world record-breaking 3549 people dressed as Smurfs, attended the Starry Moon Carnival. In order to be counted, all visible skin had to be blue. Gargamel was not welcome. I wonder if they all sang a happy song together!

The poor durian fruit. It has such a strong smell that it’s forbidden in many hotels and taxis in Asia. Singapore has banned the smelly durian from the entire public transportation system! Researchers in Australia however, found that durian and jack-fruit make excellent super-capacitors. They store energy, and can charge electronic devices in seconds!

It’s amazing what scientists can learn, from a clam. By studying the shell of a fossilized bi-valve from the Cretaceous-era, they discovered that days were 30 minutes shorter 70,000,000 years ago. Clams grow one layer a day, and develop rings like trees, that tell the conditions each year. They counted the layers per year, and found 372!

Saint Patrick’s Day parades are coming, which usually includes bagpipers wearing kilts. Get prepared today, on International Bagpipe Day. It’s Skirt Day too, so everyone wear a skirt or a kilt. I hope it’s not windy! Later, check out your office supplies. It’s Organize Your Home Office Day, and Fill Our Staplers Day.

March 10th abbreviated, spells M-A-R-1-0. MARIO! It’s Mario Day! Today is also Pack Your Lunch Day. It’s got to be better than school food, right? It’s the Day Of Awesomeness too, so remember to be totally awesome! You should wear an awesome wig, for International Wig Day. I always wanted purple hair!

When a Massachusetts family’s cat went missing, they didn’t have to search very far. The curious cat had gotten trapped inside the walls of their house! The Falmouth Fire Rescue Department had to cut a hole through the wall, in order to get the mischievous kitty out! Luckily, the cat was not hurt.

A village in Italy was surprised, to find wine coming out of the water faucets. A winery near Settecani had experienced a leak in a storage silo, causing the wine to enter the water supply. Some residents took advantage of the malfunction, to bottle as much wine as they could, before it was fixed!

The LEGO company uses over 6,000,000,000 tons of plastic each year. Although the building bricks don’t get thrown out, unless someone sweeps them up by accident, LEGO is still looking for ways to use more sustainable materials. They hope to have an alternative in the next 10 years, that will be better for the Earth.