Author: Lisa Mungovan

How’s your life going? It’s Evaluate Your Life Day, so really think about it. Are you being kind to people? Are you lazy? Do you get enough exercise, and have a healthy diet? Do you clean up your own messes? Think about changes you can make to grow into the best adult ever.

A couple in Newfoundland Canada, found out a house they loved, was going to be demolished. Determined to save it, they moved the whole house to their property, half-a-mile away. They took the path with the fewest obstacles, and floated it through the water, using barrels, old tires, and a fleet of small boats.

When 14-year-old Makenzy Beard was in lockdown during the pandemic, she took up painting. She started by painting a portrait of her neighbor. It was so good, it won a spot in a Royal Academy of Arts show. Now, some of the Welsh teenager’s paintings, sell for $13,000. That’s a hobby that really paid off!

In 20 16, Amur tigers, also known as Siberian tigers, were critically endangered. China decided to create a huge national park, to give the cold-loving tigers a place to safely roam. 5 years later, 55 tigers live in the 5,800-square-mile nature reserve, helping to bring the species back from the brink of extinction.

Today is International Adjust Your Chair Day. Whether it’s an armchair that needs a fluffy pillow, an office chair that’s too high or low, or a chair at school with a wobbly leg, making your chair comfortable helps you focus. Start with organizing your icons, for Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day.

If you see some of your favorite bearded people looking less hairy today, it might be because it’s No Beard Day. Imagine Gandalf, Hagrid, or Santa Claus without beards! At least they wouldn’t get chocolatey beards, for Chocolate Cupcake Day! Do you bite into a cupcake, or lick the frosting off first?

Todd and Donna Skinner are Ohio farmers, who’ve been growing vegetables for 30 years. This year, they set a new world record. They grew the heaviest green squash ever, tipping the scales at 2,164 pounds. The squash looks like a splotchy white pumpkin, and is big enough for them to sit inside.

Yesterday, NASA launched a solar-powered spacecraft, on a 12-year mission. The probe will explore 8 Trojan asteroids, near the planet Jupiter. The spacecraft is named Lucy, after the prehistoric fossil of a pre-human ancestor. After reaching the first asteroid in 20 25, Lucy will fly 250 miles from each rocky planetoid’s surface, gathering data.

The World Wildlife Fund, is looking for walrus detectives, to spot walruses from space! Volunteers will search satellite images, to identify walruses in the photos. The project will track the number of walruses, to see the effects climate change has on their population, over 5 years. Visit wwf.org.uk, to become a walrus detective.

Celebrate National Pasta Day with this fun fact: Kevin Cole holds the record for the Longest Spaghetti Nasal Ejection. He put a strand of spaghetti in his mouth, then blew it out his nostril 7 1/2 inches! He can also suck spaghetti in one nostril and pull it out the other, to floss his nose.