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Gather all your teddy bears, and start hugging. It’s Hug A Bear Day! Although wild bears look cute and fuzzy also, it’s best to leave them alone! It’s also Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day. It’s not the most common candy bar, so today would be a good day to make your own delicious treat!
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The Metagryne bicolumnata is an arachnid that you have to see to believe. The species of daddy longlegs known as the bunny harvestman, really looks like it has a cartoon bunny head on it’s back! Another neat spider is Theridion grallator, the happy-face spider. Who knew spiders could be so cute!
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Swiss businessman Hansjörg Wyss is contributing $1,000,000,000 to launch the Wyss Campaign for Nature. Working with National Geographic, the Nature Conservancy, and Fundacion Flora y Fauna, he hopes to protect 30% of the Earth’s surface. Protected areas will help save plant and animal species, and preserve the environment for all people.
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Today is Election Day in the United States. Different states have Senators, Congressman, Governors, or other local officials on the ballot. You can register to vote when you’re 18, and it’s important to make your voice count. Ask your parents if you can go to the polls with them, and watch them vote!
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In the United Kingdom, ballet dancers have a new option for pointe shoes, which traditionally came only in pink or cream colors. Dancers with dark skin tones had to color the shoes to match their complexions. The Ballet Black dance company worked with Freed of London, to sell brown and bronze pointe shoes!
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Today is Saxophone Day, in honor of the mellow brass woodwind instrument. Adolphe Sax developed the instrument in 1846. What would you name an instrument, if you invented one? It’s also Nachos Day, so start with a bag of tortilla chips. Melt some cheese on top, and add jalapenos, salsa, or whatever else you’d like!
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A giant flow of mud has been bubbling out of the ground, and very, very, slowly, been, creeping, across, California. The Niland Geyser is on the San Andreas Fault, and unstoppable mud oozes from the tectonic boundary, flowing under the wall built to protect the railroad. It has moved 240 feet in the last 10 years!
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49 year-old Louis Rudd is preparing to cross Antarctica, alone, without resupplying. He wants to be the first person in history to complete the feat. Skiing over the snow will be like crossing a lemon meringue pie, with peaks 3 feet high. I wonder if he’ll run into the other guy, attempting the same thing!
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33 year-old Colin Brady is about to travel 1000 miles across Antarctica, alone, without resupplying. He’s going the opposite direction of Louis Rudd. Who will finish first? Colin estimates it will take him 70 days, and he has to carry all supplies in his sled, so every ounce counts: 220 pounds of food, 1 pair of underwear!
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In Muncie Indiana, homeless people can use a vending machine that dispenses clothing and blankets. They get free tokens to use in the machines when ever they need supplies. The contents in the machines were donated by residents, who wanted to help the needy in the community, and show they care.
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