Author: Lisa Mungovan

This weekend, the tides along the California coastline, have been extreme. King tides occur, when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are all in alignment. High tide waves push further onto shore, while low tide leaves more of the beach exposed. The California King Tide Project, would like photographs, if you see any King Tides.

Let’s celebrate earth today. Not the planet Earth, but dirt. It’s World Soil Day! After you play in the dirt, you can celebrate Bathtub Party Day. Make it nice and bubbly! It’s also International Ninja Day. Move silently, and see if you can slip around unseen.

Toys R Us closed down 4 years ago, after the company went bankrupt. But the huge toy store is back, with a new owner! It will open its first store this month in New Jersey, bigger than ever. The new Toys R Us has a 2-story slide, an ice cream parlor, and 10,000 toys!

Today is World Wildlife Conservation Day. Many species of Earth’s wild animals are endangered, and need special protection. They are hunted by poachers, and their habitats are shrinking and becoming polluted. Organizations like the World Wildlife Fund, use donations to help endangered species. They’ll let you symbolically adopt an animal, and learn all about it.

Today is International Cheetah Day. The fastest land animal, the big cat can accelerate to 60 miles-per-hour in 3 seconds, and reach 75 miles-per-hour, in short bursts! They live mainly in Africa. Cheetahs have small spots, and black lines down their faces. They sound more like a chirping bird, than like a lion!

Today is Sock Day. What socks will you wear? Whether they’re short, long, woolly, stretchy, striped, or mismatched, make sure they’re clean! It’s also Brown Shoes Day, so now your feet are dressed. Don’t let your feet have all the fun. It’s still Tie Month, so add some pizzazz to your neck too!

Today is Dice Day. Dice have been found in Egyptian tombs, that were 4000 years old! A standard die has 6 sides, but role-playing games have dice with 4, 12 or even 100 sides. It’s also Cookie Day. How many cookies do you get to eat? Roll a 120-sided die, and you might get 10 dozen!

A British company named Currys PC World, wanted to raise awareness about recycling electronics. They sell home appliances as well as computers, so they decided to build a pyramid, out of recycled washing machines! The stack of washers was 44 feet 7 inches high, setting the world record for largest washing machine pyramid.

The movie “Home Alone,” is a Christmas classic. Now, 4 lucky people can stay in the McAllisters’ house for a night, for only $25. Big brother Buzz McAllister has grown up, and is hosting the night, on the condition that no one lets his pet tarantula out. Booking opens through AirBnB, on December 7th.

64 years ago, Burger King introduced the Whopper. Today and tomorrow, you can relive the prices of the past, by getting a Whopper for the original price, of 37 cents. You have to be a Royal Perks member, so modern-day technology will make it easier to sign up, for the old-school discount.