Author: Lisa Mungovan

Did you ever wonder how astronauts get rid of their poop, pee, and vomit? They don’t want to bring it back to Earth, and chucking it into space is no solution. NASA is holding a LunaRecycle Challenge, to find a way to recycle human waste, on future missions. The top team will win $3,000,000!

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
A hug full of hair,
is waiting for you!
In case you haven’t hugged your dog yet, here’s your reminder that it’s Hug Your Dog Day! It’s also Poem In Your Pocket Day. Carry your favorite poem, to share with others. You could even write your own!

Today is Encourage A Young Writer Day, so I’m encouraging you, yes you, to write a story! Use your imagination, to make it as silly, scary, or realistic as you like. It’s also Farm Animals Day, so you could add a talking cow, or a chicken that wears a tutu. Anything is possible!

Today is Siblings Day, so thank your brothers and sisters for being born! You might not always get along, but you can always love each other. It’s also International Safety Pin Day. In 1849, Walter Hunt sold the rights to his amazing little invention, the safety pin, to the W R Grace Company for only $400!

Ride-sharing company Uber, has released its annual Lost & Found Index, listing some of the most unusual items left behind. They include a Ghostbusters ghost trap, a chainsaw, 10 living lobsters, a 5-gallon bucket of beans, a turtle, a mannequin head with human hair, a urinal, 24 cans of corn, and Shrek ears.

A restaurant in Kentucky, is using an extreme method to try and keep flood damage to a minimum. Staff at Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grill disconnected all the equipment and electricity, then intentionally flooded the restaurant with 6 feet of clean water. They hope it will keep the muddy Ohio River floodwaters out.

Don’t call me Alexa today. Call me Malecksahchakahowie. It’s Name Yourself Day! Make a name tag with your new name on it so everyone else will know what to call you, too! It’s also Unicorn Day! Maybe your unicorn will name itself Frank, instead of Princess Rainbow Sparkle-Toes. Have a fun day!

How come so many clothes made for women, don’t have pockets? An English girl frustrated by pocketless trousers when shopping for school clothes, started a petition and delivered it to Sainsbury’s. She argued that “girls need to carry things too!” The store must’ve taken her advice seriously, because this year, their pants have pockets.

In 2021, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off from Antarctica. Scientists took advantage of the easy access, exploring the newly-exposed, 209-square-mile area of seafloor. They found an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem, thriving despite a lack of nutrients raining down from the surface. Samples are still being studied, to identify new species.

What looks like a hippopotamus, but is even cuter? A pygmy hippo! Pygmy hippos are much smaller than regular hippopotamuses, weighing only 400-600 pounds. A full-size hippo can weigh 4000 pounds! There are fewer than 2,500 pygmy hippos left in their native habitat, the West African rainforests. They’re nocturnal, so tell them Happy Pygmy Hippo Day tonight.