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Today is Gingerbread House Day. If you try to make a gingerbread house and it breaks, just make it look like a giant jawbreaker-asteroid smashed into it! It’s also Poinsettia Day, a plant indigenous to Mexico. Its vibrant red and green leaves make it a favorite around Christmas, and it has tiny yellow flowers.

Marine rescuers had to help 2 dolphins, from a marsh in Massachusetts. The low tide had left them stranded, out of the water. The Marine Mammal Stranding Response Team transported the dolphins to veterinarians, to make sure they were uninjured before getting released back into the ocean.

The In-N-Out Burger restaurants, call out your number when your order is ready. But one number was causing so much excitement, that they started skipping it, and ruined all the fun. Can you guess what it is? If you guessed 67, good job!

Scientists are studying an easy way, to help your body fight viruses. Take a deep breath, and, that’s the answer! Practicing deep breathing, creates a pattern of stretching and relaxing your lungs, which can generate immune responses to viruses. It also strengthens your lungs, so give them some exercise every day, for good health.

Today is Have A Bagel Day. The dense and chewy bread can be toasted, and topped with anything you like! Take a bagel sandwich, to eat on a hike in the mountains. It’s International Mountain Day! You could ski down a mountain, draw a picture of a mountain, or sculpt one from mashed potatoes!

Surfers are excited about new Swellcycle surfboards. The boards are 3D-printed from biodegradable plant materials. Most modern surfboards are carved from petroleum-based blocks of foam, with 40% of the material discarded in landfills. Swellcycle surfboards are made using corn and sugarcane, printed with minimal waste, and don’t shed microplastics into the ocean.

Today is Nobel Day, when the prestigious Nobel Prizes are awarded. The first Nobel Prizes were given out, 124 years ago, according to Alfred Nobel’s last wishes. Each year, people around the world win Nobel Prizes of 10,000,000 Swedish kronor, in the categories of Peace, Physics, Literature, Chemistry, Economics, and Physiology or Medicine.

Today is Dewey Decimal System Day. When you go to the library to look for a book, you’re probably using Melvil Dewey’s classification system, which he invented in 1876. You’ll see the number on the spine of the book, which lets librarians know exactly where to file it!

Today is Human Rights Day. 77 years ago, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It said every human being, has the right to equality, life, liberty, personal security, education, information, religious freedom, get married, own property, and be innocent until proven guilty. They also deserve freedom from slavery, torture, and discrimination.

Did you know that 12,000 years ago, dogs were hanging out with people? Researchers found salmon proteins in the bones of Ice Age canines. Since canines would not have been hunting fish in the wild, that indicates humans were sharing their meals with the dogs. Dogs and humans are old friends.