Author: Lisa Mungovan

Plastic bags, bottles, and straws are just a few of the plastics polluting the Earth. Take a step to help clean it up, by not using those things in the first place! Today is Skip The Straw Day. If you can’t handle strawless drinking, get a reusable metal or bamboo straw to use instead!

Today is Quiet Day, also Known as Don’t Utter A Word Day. Let’s play a game, and see who can stay quiet the longest! Whoops, I already lost. You can use Quiet Day as an excuse, to not offer to share your candy. Its Chocolate-Covered Nut Day, so you’ll need it all to celebrate!

A baby in North Carolina, was born at a special moment in time. She showed up Tuesday, February 22nd, at 2:22 AM, in Delivery Room 2. When she writes her birthdate, it will say 2-22-22. The only thing that would have made it more perfect, is if it had been a delivery of twins!

Would you drink a soda, made from algae? What if it was a pretty turquoise blue? A Dutch soda called Ful, is made from a type of algae called spirulina. Besides having many health benefits, spirulina absorbs carbon, so it’s good for the Earth. The algae has also been used, to make chairs and fuel.

Archaeologists recently found a beautiful bowl made by ancient Romans, in Nijmegen, one of the oldest cities in The Netherlands. The bowl was rather large, and made of ruffled blue glass. Although it’s 2,000 years old, and was found buried in dirt, there was hardly a scratch on it. That’s amazing!

Sometimes nicely toasted bread, needs nothing on top. But it’s also the perfect platform, for butter, jelly, avocado, or chili! Since it’s Toast Day, and Chili Day, try a spicy version of beans on toast. It’s also Digital Learning Day, so whether you’re doing virtual learning, or homework on your device, please eat carefully.

Crunch-crunch-crunch. Today is National Tortilla Chip Day! In Los Angeles in the 19 40’s, Rebecca Webb Carranza noticed all the misshapen tortillas that were rejected at the El Zarape Tortilla Factory. She cut them into triangles and fried them, then sold them for 10 cents a bag. Corn + oil + water + salt = delicious!

16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, has a big accomplishment, to go with his long name. He’s now the youngest chess player, to ever defeat world champion Magnus Carlsen. The young grandmaster from India, was playing in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour tournament online, so his game didn’t finish until 2:30 in the morning.

Did you know that King Tut was buried, with a space dagger? Tutankhamen ruled Egypt 3300 years ago, from age 9 to 19. The weapon was a gift, made from a meteorite. Scientists have studied the dagger, and found it was forged from an octahedrite iron meteorite, based on patterns in the blade.

Today is Pink Day. 2 boys started it, after noticing a classmate getting bullied, for wearing a pink shirt. Wear pink today to take a stand against bullying. Bullying isn’t only beating someone up, or taking their lunch money. It’s also making fun of people, purposely leaving someone out, or saying things about someone online.