Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Junk Food Day. Junk food is usually stuff that tastes good, but doesn’t have a lot of nutritional value for your body. For an iguana, lettuce is junk food! It’s also Be Someone Day. Adults should try to be someone, that kids can come to for help. Kids, who is your someone?

David Rush and his neighbor, Seth Lemmon, found the perfect world record to set while social distancing. The duo passed a giant beach ball back and forth from 6 1/2 feet apart, 356 times in 3 minutes. They set another record in March, for completing 4169 passes in a row, without dropping it. They kept it going 49 minutes.

For Fortune Cookie Day, order some Chinese food for dinner. Maybe your lucky cookie will say you’ll be taking an exciting trip. It’s also Space Exploration Day, so watch the first tourists in space, as Blue Origin blasts off. 82-year-old crew member Wally Funk, will become the oldest man in space!

In 2006, German artist Torsten Lauschmann, proposed an event where 600,000,000 people in the Western Hemisphere would jump at the same time, to change the Earth’s orbit and standardize the climate. It was meant to be a satirical art event, drawing attention to global warming. Celebrate World Jump Day, by jumping as high as you can!

It can take a long time to finish a lollipop if you just lick it, instead of biting it. It’s Lollipop Day, so get a big colorful lollipop, and make it last all day! You can play a leisurely game of chess while you eat it, because it’s also International Chess Day. Checkmate!

Happy Moon Day. 52 years ago, the Apollo 11 mission successfully landed the first men on the Moon. Neil Armstrong took the first steps on the Moon, and Buzz Aldrin followed. Meanwhile, Michael Collins orbited the Moon in the Columbia Command Module. Only 8 other people have walked on the Moon since then!

Firefighters in Georgia, had to help a raccoon find its way out of a house. The raccoon had wandered in, but wouldn’t leave. Someone snapped a picture of the little guy as he was being carried out, with his paw covering his eyes, looking extremely embarrassed. It’s OK, everyone needs a helping hand sometimes!

Who loves tacos? The McCormick spice company, is looking for someone to create new taco seasoning mixes. The new director of taco relations, will earn $100,000 for 4 months of work. The job requires traveling the US, and scouring social media, to discover new taco trends, consult on new recipes, and taste-test tacos.

Animal Control officers in Virginia, were called about an owl that couldn’t fly. The owl had its foot trapped in a box turtle’s shell! Perhaps the owl thought it was going to catch a turtle, but the turtle snapped its shell shut on the owl instead. Both animals will be released after recovering.

On July 20th, the richest man in the world, will leave it for a while. Jeff Bezos will blast off aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft, travel 62 miles up to the edge of space, and return to Earth. The craft will also be carrying its first paying customer,18-year-old Oliver Daemen. Watch it on BlueOrigin.com.