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Would you like a cup of tea? There are over 3000 different types of tea. It’s International Tea Day, so have a tea party, and try some new varieties. Captain Picard always orders tea. Earl Gray. It’s also Strawberries And Cream Day, which would be lovely with tea, especially topped with a biscuit!

Where would we be without bees? We’d have no honey, flowers, fruits or vegetables. Farmers depend on honey bees to pollinate crops. There are over 20,000 different species of bees, from the tiny sweat bee, to the fuzzy bumble bee, to the huge carpenter bee, chewing holes in your fence. Happy World Bee Day!

Today is Rescue Dog Day. 3,000,000 dogs in the United States, are waiting to be adopted in shelters. There have even been rescue dogs in the White House. President Biden’s dog Major, came from the Delaware Humane Association. Visit a local animal shelter, and you might come home with a new best friend!

Today is Numeracy Day. People that love mathematics can make today all about numbers. If you struggle with math, you can find fun games online to help you learn. It’s also Juice Slush Day. Crush fruits and ice in a blender, or stick your favorite juice in the freezer until it gets slushy.

Today is Be A Millionaire Day. Will you make your million dollars, by inventing something amazing, or by being good 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! How many kilograms are in a ton?

A movement called No Mow May, is spreading. All you have to do, is let your grass grow in the springtime, to give bees a chance to dine on lawn flowers like violets, dandelions, and clover. Post a sign in your yard, so neighbors know you’re feeding the bees, not neglecting your yardwork.

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.

After a herd of European wood bison, were reintroduced into Romania’s Tarcu mountains, they multiplied and improved the entire ecosystem. Bison break up soil with their hooves, disperse seeds with their fur, and help the forest store more carbon. Other countries, like Norway and England, are also rewilding bison, to improve woodland habitats.

Scientists working in techno-agriculture, find ways to combine technology and farming. They’ve been experimenting, by covering fields with canopies of translucent solar panels. The red light plants need for photosynthesis has longer wavelengths, and can pass right through. The blue light, with shorter wavelengths, is absorbed by the panels, and creates solar energy.

Every year, more than 18,000,000,000 diapers are discarded in United States landfills, taking hundreds of years to decompose. HIRO diapers aim to change that. They are designed to be eaten by fungi. Each diaper comes with a packet of fungi, to be tossed with the used diaper. The fungi turn the diaper, into soil.