Author: Lisa Mungovan

Have you ever heard of Emmett Kelly? Born in 1898, he was one of the first sad-faced clowns, named Weary Willie. Celebrate Weary Willie Day, by painting your face like a clown, superhero, or animal. It’s also the International Day of Veterinary Medicine. A gigantic thank you, to the vets who care for our pets!

It’s World Techno Day! Techno is electronic dance music with a strong beat. Get some glow sticks and party lights, turn up the music, and have a techno dance party! It’s also Pastry Day, so eat some cakes and pies. After all, you need to keep up your energy, to continue dancing all day!

Children in Canada set a new world record, when they made it snow. Actually, they only made snowflakes, but it was the longest chain of paper snowflakes ever. The 2,190 snowflakes were decorated with children’s concerns about climate change, then assembled at the Toronto Zoo’s polar bear exhibit, to form a chain 1,324-feet-long.

Alligators aren’t normally found in Pennsylvania, so fisherman were shocked to find one in the Lehigh River. A local reptile and animal sanctuary, rescued the 3-foot-long gator from the frigid waters. It was probably someone’s pet, that was abandoned when it got too big. Looks like the animal sanctuary, has a new resident!

When a stray cat got sick in Texas, a concerned human called animal rescuers to help. They discovered the cat had a microchip, and tracked down its family. It turns out, Monkeyface had disappeared 6 years ago, and then the family had moved. They were overjoyed to be reunited with their long-lost kitty!

Scientists know masks can help prevent the spread of COVID-19, because they block spit from flying everywhere when you talk. Now they’re testing a special chewing gum, that traps the virus. While an infected person chews the gum, their spit will be less contagious, even if they don’t know they’re carrying the virus.

Today is Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day. If you could visit any period in time, would you go to the past, or the future? Pretend you went to prehistoric times, and eat like a caveman! But before you go time traveling, celebrate Brownie Day, just in case brownies weren’t invented yet.

Tom Kent is a balloon artist that makes costumes. He recently broke his own world record, by creating an 11-foot-7-inch Incredible Hulk costume, out of balloons! He wore it at the Liverpool Comic-Con in England. After Tom was done wearing it, he let kids help him pop all the balloons.

412 Food Rescue, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, had a challenge. They were collecting huge amounts of donated food, that would have been thrown away, but had no way to turn it into individual meals. They created their own kitchen, called the Good Food Project. They’ve distributed 57,000,000 meals, made from 70,000,000 pounds of surplus food!

There’s a new kind of traffic pole in Australia, that is more flexible. The pole is set in a foam-filled hole, so if a car runs into it, the pole can tilt and absorb the impact. It should make accidents result in less serious injuries. Hopefully, not many people will test it out!