Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, the birthday of John Chapman in 1774. He traveled around the United States, planting orchards of apple trees. He ate out of his tin hat, which is why he’s often depicted with a pot on his head. It’s also Lumberjack Day, originally created as an excuse to eat pancakes!

An Arizona couple, offered a 2000 dollar reward, for their lost wedding ring, while a football coach in North Carolina, helped a fan find his wedding ring. Meanwhile, a South Carolina man searched for the owner of a ring he found hiking, and a squid led a snorkeler in the Caiman Islands, to another ring.

When Swedish 15-year-old Greta Thunberg, started her weekly school strikes 3 years ago, she was raising awareness of the Earth’s climate crisis. Her Fridays For Future protests grew into a worldwide movement. Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of young people joined the Global Climate Strike, in over 80 countries, urging the world to take action.

Don’t you just love word problems in math class? Today is Math Storytelling Day! See who can write the most entertaining story using math. It’s also World Dream Day. What do you dream of doing during your lifetime? Don’t forget Comic Book Day! Maybe you can create a comic book about your math dream!

Today is International Rabbit Day. The world’s biggest rabbit, Darius, is over 4 feet long! Do you have any photos of bunnies? Make a rabbit scrapbook. If they’re digital photos, make sure you’ve backed them up somewhere, since it’s also Save Your Photos Day. Don’t lose your pictures when you lose your phone.

India’s Angad Daryani, has invented a new filter-free air purifier, that collects pollution from the air. The air purifiers can filter 300 cubic feet of air-per-minute. The collected particles are then given to a company called Carbon Craft Design, that makes floor tiles out of the material, trapping air pollution beneath your feet!

Archaeologists had believed the earliest humans came to North America, between 13,500 and 16,000 years ago. But a team recently found 60 human footprints in White Sands National Park, that were between 21,000 and 23,000 years old. The lake bed in New Mexico also preserved tracks from woolly mammoths, dire wolves, and giant sloths.

Lots of people think that changing their mind, makes them seem wishy-washy, but sometimes, it’s a sign of strength. Many people who didn’t trust the COVID-19 vaccine, are deciding to get it after all. They’ve seen enough evidence that vaccines keep people safer, to courageously change their position, and get vaccinated. Good for them!

Do you know any vegetarians? Today is Hug A Vegetarian Day, so find someone who doesn’t eat meat and hug them. If you are a vegetarian, give hugs to everyone! It’s also Bluebird Of Happiness Day. The cheerful blue birds, have been associated with happiness for centuries. Build nesting boxes to attract them.

Today is an exciting day. It’s Punctuation Day! Try to write a story that uses all the punctuation marks, but use them correctly. Just because a word ends in “s”, doesn’t mean it needs an apostrophe! It’s also Cherries Jubilee Day, which is a fun dessert because the cherries are set on fire!