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If you live on a farm, every day might include horses and pigs. The rest of us should also think about them today, because it’s Horse Protection Day and Pig Day. Charlotte’s Web, and Black Beauty, are great books to read, to learn how to treat pigs and horses, with respect and kindness.

“You’re looking especially creamy today Ms. Peanut Butter.”
“Thank you Mr. Peanut Butter! You sound crunchy! And Lil’ Peanut, your jar is so shiny!”
“Aw shucks Mama, you guys are the best parents in the world!”
It’s Peanut Butter Lover’s Day and World Compliment Day. Eat peanut butter and say nice things to everyone!

If you like mayo on your sandwiches, but it seems too messy, the Bourbon company’s got you covered. They will soon sell sheets of mayonnaise. The mayo slices come in different flavors, like tuna, or spicy cod roe. If that doesn’t sound appealing, they also make apple butter with white chocolate sheets!

The Los Angeles Zoo welcomed its first baby gorilla in 20 years in January. After 3 weeks, they finally found out she’s a girl! She’s the first baby for 25-year-old mom N’dija, with 32-year-old dad, Kelly. Baby lowland gorillas only weigh 3-4 pounds at birth, and cling to their mothers for the first few months.

Fossils of a new type of lion, were discovered in Queensland Australia. The Lekaneleo roskellyae was a marsupial the size of a cat, that lived in the rainforest around 30,000,000 years ago. Although it was a tiny carnivore, you wouldn’t want to mess with Leo. Its teeth were sharp enough to slice through bones!

A special Happy Birthday, to everyone with a birthday today. Since you only get to celebrate your birthday on February 29th every 4 years, businesses like Build-A-Bear, Denny’s, and Olive Garden, have special deals for Leap Day babies. There are plenty of other Leap Day deals for everyone. Look up your local specials, and celebrate!

It takes the Earth 365.25 days to orbit the sun, so a year usually has 365 days. Every 4 years, those .25’s add up to one whole day, and we have a 366-day leap year. Today is Leap Day, when that extra day gets added to February. Without it, the winter months would eventually be summer!

An eco-entrepreneur debuted his work, at London Fashion Week. 24-year-old James Marshall collects abandoned tents from music festivals, which get turned into jackets and hats, by fashion designer Imogen Evans. His company, called 10T, will also produce duffel bags made from tent-sheets. There’s an endless supply of broken tents, to recycle into new products.

Tomorrow will be a special day for people born on February 29th. Their birthdate only comes every 4 years! Olive Garden restaurants usually give people free dessert on their birthday, so people born on Leap Day get 4 free desserts on the 29th. Everyone can also get take-home entrees for $2.29. Plan ahead for your birthday meal!

The Moon Planet Center has announced, the Earth has another moon! It’s an asteroid between 6 and 12 feet wide, that got trapped in Earth’s gravitational pull. Although it had likely been a moon for 3 years before it was discovered, 20 20 CD3 might only orbit Earth until April, before the Sun’s gravity nudges it out of orbit.