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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!

A toilet at an Expo in Hong Kong, is anything but ordinary. This throne is made of gold, with 40,815 diamonds embedded in the bulletproof glass seat. The toilet may qualify for a new world record, for most diamonds in a toilet seat. Don’t forget to flush, to keep it sparkling!

Have you ever observed a sunflower throughout the day? The flower’s face tilts toward the sun as it moves across the sky. Scientists have used nanotechnology to create solar panels, that copy the sunflower’s ability to follow the sun. Tiny stems on their experimental SunBOTs bend towards light, to absorb maximum energy!

When 6-year-old Ethan wandered off with his dog in Minnesota, 600 people gathered to find him as temperatures dropped. While their search line combed the area, Steve Fines flew his company’s heat-seeking drone across the fields. The 30,000 dollar drone finally located Ethan and his dog a mile from his house, cold but unharmed. Great job!

The MVP during a Monday Night Football game, wasn’t a New York Giant or a Dallas Cowboy. It was a black cat! Stray cats live in the MetLife stadium, and this cat tried his own run for the end zone. The play-by-play was broadcast on TV, until police chased the cat off the field.

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!

Last month, the 2000 pound Wizard Rock disappeared from Arizona’s Prescott National Forest. Did someone steal the 1-ton rock, or did it magically vanish because it’s an actual wizard rock! Thankfully, the special black rock with white quartz streaks, has mysteriously reappeared. Park officials plan to move it to a more visible location.

The United States will celebrate Thanksgiving this month, and a man in Tennessee is ready with his meal contribution. Neal Ryder can bring a sweet potato. One is all he’ll need, because it weighs 22.6 pounds! That might be a record in Tennessee, but a sweet potato in Spain holds the world record, at over 81 pounds!

Sometimes severe stress and anxiety can keep you awake at night, but a recent study shows deep sleep might be just the thing to relieve stress. After a full night of deep sleep, participants’ anxiety levels were much lower. Go to bed early enough every night, to give your brain time to calm down!

The Taurid meteor showers can be seen lighting up the night skies, from October to December every year. Tonight may be the peak, when you could see 5 to 10 meteors per hour. The exciting thing about the Taurids, is that they often produce brighter than average fireballs! Set your alarm for midnight, and start watching!