Author: Lisa Mungovan

Go wash your hands. It’s Global Handwashing Day! Washing your hands is an amazingly easy way to stay healthy. Your hands might look clean, but they could still be covered with germs that can make you sick! It’s also Grouch Day. If you’re in a bad mood today, just say you’re celebrating.

An Italian architect is designing a new skyscraper for Chinese city of Shenzhen. The 51-story building will hold office space, a supermarket, and 100,000 square feet of vertical gardens. The hydroponic farm will grow up the outside of the building, and produce nearly 600,000 pounds of fruits, vegetables, and herbs each year.

People say love is in the air, but sometimes it’s in the ocean. Paul Dabill was flying his drone over the water in Juno Beach Florida, looking for migrating fish. He spotted a school of Jack Crevalles, swimming in a perfect heart formation. Luckily, he recorded video so everyone could see the heart-shaped wonder.

William Shatner, who played the role of Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, just became the world’s oldest aztronaut. The 90-year-old Shatner joined 3 others on Blue Origin’s New Shepard, for an 11-minute voyage to space. He marveled at seeing our planet below, saying, “What you’re looking down on is Mother Earth, and it needs protecting.”

What were prehistoric Europeans eating during the Iron Age, 2700 years ago? Scientists analyzed ancient poop, that was preserved in salt mines in Austria. They found the same fungi, that we use to make blue cheese and beer today. In addition to beer and fancy cheese, miners ate beans, fruits, nuts, and animal products.

Hair. Who needs it! It’s Be Bald And Free Day! If you shave your head, you never have to brush your hair. Then you can twirl a top on your nice smooth head, for International Top Spinning Day. Top your bald-top-spinning activities with Dessert Day! Cakes, pies, and cookies are waiting for you!

Cherry Coke, Vanilla Coke, and Cinnamon Coke, are a few of the many types of Coca Cola. Gary Feng, of Ontario Canada, knows them all well. He holds the world record, for largest collection of soft drink cans of the same brand. Gary owns 11,308 different kinds of Coke cans, from around the world!

A bull elk, with a tire stuck around its neck for over 2 years, is finally freed. Wildlife officers tranquilized the elk, but couldn’t cut through the steel-lined tire. Instead, they cut through the elk’s antlers, to remove the tire. The 600-pound elk, which looks like a huge deer, is 35 pounds lighter now.

Today is Train Your Brain Day. Everyone knows exercise helps to keep your body healthy, but brains need exercise too! Try doing sudoku or crossword puzzles, solving brainteasers, playing trivia games, or learning to say hello in every language. Your brain gets bored when you don’t use it. Entertain your brain!