Author: Lisa Mungovan

Thousands of years ago, Dhaka muslin, was the finest cloth in the world. Bangladeshi Saifal Islam, is bringing it back. He runs Bengal Muslin, a heritage crafting operation. His first step, is cultivating the phuki karpas cotton plant, to create the thread that can handle a 1200-thread count. Modern muslin only has about 80 threads.

Today is World Stationery Day. Write someone special a letter, on your favorite writing paper. If you don’t have any, decorate your own, or learn to make handmade paper. After all, it’s also World Creativity And Innovation Day! Create some art, figure out a new way to do something, or rearrange the furniture.

Today is Chocolate Covered Cashews Day. Cashew nuts are seeds, formed on the bottom of cashew apples. They’re crazy-looking! It’s also Tea Day. Have a tea party with your teddy bears, pets, and family. Do you have a pet bulldog? Take some photos to show them off, for Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day!

Banana Day is a spring tradition at many universities, featuring everything from races to recipes. Everyone can celebrate the perfectly packaged fruit, which is actually a berry! Bananas are a good source of potassium, and taste great in bread, dipped in chocolate, or even on pizza. Bananas get even healthier as they ripen.

Happy Kindergarten Day! Kindergarten is where you learn some of the most important things in life. You need to share, respect others, and be kind. Of course, learning your letters and numbers is important too! Thank you, Kindergarten teachers, for making us all better humans!

A little lamb in Ireland, had to spend the night in jail, but not because he was in trouble. The Clonmel Gardai picked him up, after he got separated from his flock. The police kept the lost lamb safe and warm in a cell, before locating his home in the morning.

Have you ever watched black exhaust, blast out of an 18-wheeler’s smoke stacks? Thinking of all the trucks on the road, spewing out pollution, makes this next news even better. Daimler Trucks North America, will soon produce a fleet of all-electric freight trucks. The long-range batteries can handle carrying 82,000 pounds, for 230 miles, before recharging.

After carrying the Ingenuity helicopter 300,000,000 miles to Mars, the Perseverance rover proudly took video, of the little drone’s historic liftoff, on another planet. Ingenuity’s blades had to spin 5 times faster than on Earth, to rise 10 feet up in the air, and land gently around 20 seconds later. It was a short, but perfect, flight.

Today is Look Alike Day. Dress like your brother, and blame it on him when you get caught swiping cookies. You can also slice apples, to make them look like french fries. Since it’s Cheddar Fries Day, melt some gooey cheese on top of actual french fries, for a delicious snack.

Don’t diss your vegetables. It’s Lima Bean Respect Day, and those tiny packages hold protein, iron, magnesium, potassium, and zinc. After finishing your lima beans, treat yourself to some unusual cake. It’s Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day. You line the pan with pineapple rings, so they’re on top when you remove the cake.