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Today is Insect Repellent Awareness Day, and just in time for summer! There are lots of sprays that help keep mosquitoes away, as well as natural oils like citronella and lemongrass. Lavender can help keep fleas and ticks at bay. Marigolds are a beautiful insect deterrent. Waving mosquitoes towards someone else actually works best!
Today is Clean Up Your Room Day. There’s nothing like walking into a nice clean room, without tripping over anything! If your room is extremely messy, you could be cleaning all night. It’s a good thing it’s also, Stay Up All Night Night! It’s too bad that holiday is on a school night!
Turtles that live in ponds, hibernate underwater. But they have lungs, so how can they breathe when the pond freezes? They get oxygen from the water, as it passes over the body parts with the most blood vessels, like its butt! This is called cloacal respiration, but it’s more fun to call it butt breathing.
Don’t worry if you missed the Taurid meteor showers, because the Leonids are coming! The Leonid meteor shower will peak Thursday night, into Friday morning. The best way to watch meteors, is to bundle up for warmth, keep your phone off, let your eyes adjust to the darkness, then lie back and wait.
As you get dressed today, wear your favorite sports jersey. It’s Jersey Friday! Today is also Fountain Pen Day. It might be less convenient, but an old-fashioned fountain pen, with a refillable ink reservoir, makes your writing look elegant. Try using a calligraphy fountain pen for an even fancier style!
Tonight may be a good night to see some meteors! The Draconid meteor shower should be visible in the early evening, and is caused by debris from the 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Comet. The Comet 2P/Encke is responsible for the South Taurid meteor shower. Debris burns up in the atmosphere, creating fireballs that streak across the sky.
The kākāpō, or owl parrot, is a large nocturnal, flightless, ground-dwelling bird, that lives in New Zealand. Only 216 adult parrots are alive today. They only breed every 2-4 years, when the rimu trees produce lots of fruit for the new babies to eat. The good news is, 55 kākāpō chicks grew up this season.
Are you putting your sunblock on correctly? Chances are, you’re not using enough. Researchers found that most people only use 1/3 of the amount necessary, to properly protect their skin from the sun. While it will still offer some protection, you need a thick layer to truly block harmful rays.
It’s Leon Day! That’s Noel, spelled backwards, because Christmas is exactly 6 months away. Some people who make their own Christmas ornaments or gifts, get started on them now. I’d rather celebrate Strawberry Parfait Day, with a creamy, strawberry-ee, delicious layered dessert! Serve it in a glass, so it looks as good as it tastes!
At the center of most galaxies you will find a black hole, which is a place where gravity pulls so hard that not even light can escape. Scientists discovered the fastest-growing black hole ever, shining 7000 times brighter than our entire Milky Way galaxy. It consumes the equivalent of 1 Earth-per-second.