Category: Kids News

Today is Lash Day. Eyelashes form a curtain of protection, to keep dirt and dust from getting into your eyes, which is why camels have such luscious lashes. Elephants have the longest eyelashes, at 5 inches long. Did you know, we all have harmless microscopic bugs living in our lashes? Tell them hello today!

Today is International Tug-of-War Day. It’s an ancient game of strength that used to be an Olympic sport, where 2 teams pull on a rope in opposite directions. The Vikings used to play tug-of-war over a fire pit! Give the winner a box of Thin Mints, because it’s also Chocolate Mint Day. Yum!

Butterfly season is nearing its end, in California’s Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove. Park rangers track the Western monarch butterflies’ migration each year, as they arrive by the thousands. The orange-and-black butterflies, quietly flutter on every tree, like a beautiful living curtain. You can visit the spectacular butterfly show, until the migration tapers off.

Today is Battery Day. Alessandro Volta built the first electrochemical battery in 18 hundred. Count all the things in your house that use batteries. Battery University experts have advice for charging your phone correctly. Remove it from the charger as soon as it’s near 100%, plug in a few times-per-day, and always keep it cool.

Today is Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day. Eating ice cream or other frozen foods in the morning, can have an awakening effect on the brain. A study found people were quicker and more alert, and less irritable, starting the day with an icy blast in their mouth. Maybe ice cream, should replace cereal!

Poor little Pluto. It used to be one of the 9 planets in our solar system, until it got down-graded, because it can’t clear it’s neighborhood. It’s now classified as a dwarf planet, along with Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris. But at least Pluto gets its own day to celebrate. Happy Pluto Day!

Humans are on a short list of species, with opposable thumbs. Having a thumb that can touch the fingertips of the same hand, makes it easy to grip objects. Apes, chameleons, pandas, koalas, and possums, are some of the other animals with opposable thumbs. Today is Thumb Appreciation Day, so tell your thumbs thanks!

A man in Chile had the closest encounter with a whale possible. He was swallowed by a humpback whale! Adrian Simancas Jaimes was kayaking with his father, when something knocked him out of the boat. He didn’t know he’d disappeared into the whale’s mouth, until it quickly spit him back out, completely unharmed.

One downside of electric vehicles, is that the batteries wear out. A company in California, is giving those batteries new life, by using them to store excess solar and wind energy. When the sun’s not shining, and the wind stops blowing, the batteries supply renewable energy back to the power grid.

Today is Cabbage Day. It’s a good day to try cabbage soup, fried cabbage, or coleslaw. Think about growing cabbage in your garden. You can start the seedlings inside, and plant after the last frost. Maybe your cabbage will beat the world record, held by Alaska’s Scott Robb. His green cabbage weighed 138 pounds!