Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Bagel Day. The dense and chewy bread can be toasted, and topped with anything you like! Enjoy it with some booch, for Kombucha Day. The fermented drink is made from tea, and contains billions of probiotics, just like yogurt. You can brew your own kombucha, and flavor it with your favorite fruits.

Hooray, it’s that day. What day? Hat Day. Hats can keep you warm, make you look dressed-up, or be fun. Wear different hats all day long! It’s also Pothole Day. See who can find the biggest hole in the road! Since it’s Strawberry Ice Cream Day too, the prize is ice cream for everyone!

Have you ever blown a bubble, inside another bubble? A man in Taiwan, is the soap bubble master. Chang Yu-Te blew 783 bubbles inside a larger bubble, to break the world record. That must’ve been hard to count! He also holds the record for the most bounces of a soap bubble, at 290.

When you draw on the walls, you probably get in trouble. But 45,500 years ago, someone drew a pig on a cave wall, and everyone loves it! The hairy pig with warts, was found in Indonesia, and is the oldest-known animal drawing. The oldest drawing of any kind, is over 73,000 years old.

The state of Mississippi raised its new flag, over the state Capitol on Monday. The old design, which featured a Confederate flag used by the losing side in the US Civil War, was replaced with a magnolia flower, on a field of blue, red, and gold. State residents voted to change it last November.

Today is Organize Your Home Day, so put your house in order. Organize all your craft supplies, then make a kite to celebrate International Kite Day. Uttarayan is a huge kite festival in Ahmedabad India. They hold kite fights, where you try and cut the other person’s strings! I’d rather just watch mine fly.

Look out animals, because it’s Dress Up Your Pet Day! Dress your dog in a new sweater, your cat in a bow tie, and your tarantula in a tiny top hat. Stick paper clothes on your aquarium and photograph your fish at just the right angle. Reward your pets with treats for tolerating you!

David Rush and Jonathan Hannon set their newest world record, slicing apples. David sliced apples in the air, while juggling 3 knives. Jonathan threw the fruit at David, who successfully sliced 21 apples in 30 seconds. Luckily, he also succeeded in slicing zero fingers off. They also set the 1-minute record of 40 sliced apples, last October.

Last year, a family in Michigan lost their cat Olive, when their home was flooded. They were shocked to receive a call from the Humane Society months later, saying they had their cat! A couple with the last name of Flood, had found Olive! Luckily, she was microchipped, so they could find her family.

Do you ever eat a meal with chopsticks? Unless you use them often, you probably use disposable chopsticks. Canadian student Felix Bock, formed ChopValue, a company that makes items like furniture, shelves, and cutting boards, out of used chopsticks. He asked Vancouver restaurants to add chopstick-recycling bins. 4 years later, ChopValue has already recycled 64,000,000 sticks!