Category: What Day
While you might think that sticks are the purview of popsicles, lollipops, and candy apples, there’s a ton of food that can be skewered. Here is just a small …
The Silent Day “Nyepi” is to trick demons into believing there is no life on the island of Bali, so they can leave. The demons have been called during …
Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the US Navy may have been the namesake of the proverbial cup of joe. Joe is, of course, short for Joseph. And in American …
Did country music go from wry, bittersweet songs about bad luck and heartbreak to an endless series of party anthems and syrupy love songs? Peter Lewis thought so. He took …
This is how country music star Conway Twitty once made the IRS sing the blues. The Courts ruled in the case of Harold L. Jenkins (a/k/a Conway Twitty) v. Commissioner in country …
In case you were thinking of making up your own really weird holiday day, it may already kinda exist. Today is everyone’s favorite wacky holiday: Make Up Your Own …
Got a roommate who’s a slob on Roommate Day? Stop complaining, get creative and make some art installations. Most of us go the route of passive-aggressive sticky notes and …
Ok is the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, it’s bigger even than an infant’s first word ma or the ubiquitous Coke. Sounds weird but OK… …
Puppies are hard-wired to appeal to us, with their adorable squishy faces, little paws, and wet noses. But there is more to young dogs than downy fur and floppy …
On March 23, the land-locked country remembers the loss of its ocean in Day of the Sea. They march in parades and listening to recordings of seagulls and ship’s horns. …
March 23 is Near Miss Day, an annual reminder of the day in 1989 when an asteroid nearly sideswiped Earth. On this day in 1989, an asteroid that could …
The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association opened its first drinking fountain in April 1859 — and thousands gathered to watch it be turned on. At the time, many poor people …
