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Today is Wear Something Gaudy Day, so get out your brightest, showy clothes! A neon shirt with sparkly pants and polka dot socks would be perfect! It’s also Playing Card Collection Day. Do you have more than one deck of cards? Which deck is your favorite? Show them off while playing cards with someone!
When someone in California saw a rattlesnake slither under their house, they called Sonoma County Reptile Rescue. Rescuer Al Wolf, investigated under the building, and discovered dozens more. He ended up removing 92 rattlesnakes, including babies! Al relocated them to other snake dens, away from people, and will return soon to check for stragglers.
Today is World Food Day, created by the United Nations. This year’s theme is, “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” During the pandemic, many people have had trouble getting enough to eat, or used food pantries. Let’s appreciate the people who are making sure, no one goes hungry. Everyone deserves enough food.
Today is Bridge Day, but it’s not really about bridges. It’s about BASE jumpers, the people who jump off of them for fun, using parachutes or wingsuits! BASE stands for Buildings, Antennas, Spans, (like bridges), and Earth, (like cliffs). It’s also I Love Yarn Day, if knitting is more your style!
The stores are full of Halloween candy, but you don’t have to wait that long, to satisfy your sweet tooth. Today is Sweetest Day! Created by a candy company 100 years ago, it inspired people to give out boxes of candy, and make it the sweetest day of the year! Have a sweet day!
Today is Dictionary Day, so think of a word you don’t know the meaning of, and look it up! Or just flip through the Q and X sections, to find words for your next Scrabble game. It’s also Feral Cat Day. Even if they’re not tame, stray cats appreciate being given food and water.
The New England Aquarium in Massachusetts, shared a happy video of a leatherback turtle, being released into the ocean. The 600-pound sea turtle, had been stranded on a mudflat after getting disoriented. They tagged the turtle with satellite devices, so they can track it, and be sure it stays out of danger.
A tiny town in Tennessee is up for sale, and it costs less than many homes these days. The town of Water Valley has a house, 4 general stores from the 18 hundreds, and a barn. You can purchase it all for $725,000, then become the mayor. Would you rename the town after yourself?
Billions of people around the world, don’t have clean drinking water. Scientists have developed a hydrogel tablet, that could purify dirty water, within an hour. A tablet is dropped into a liter of river water, to neutralize harmful bacteria. The hydrogel is then easily removed, leaving clean water. It’s easier than boiling water!
Today is Mushroom Day. There are over 10,000 kinds of mushrooms, but only around 600 are edible. That means, if you see a mushroom in your yard, don’t eat it. It might be poisonous! Instead, choose a variety of mushrooms at the store, for your fungi feast. Save the wild mushrooms, for your photo album.