Category: What Day
Legend has it when the US acquired Alaska they got the tasty ice cream dessert Baked Alaska as a fringe benefit. How did the dish known as “Norwegian omelet” …
As all gorilla suit aficionados know, National Gorilla Suit Day is the invention of the late Don Martin. National Gorilla Suit Day Bounces Back He was once known as “MAD’s Maddest …
This game of dice is not for devious maids. Dicing for Maids’ Money Dating from a 1674 legacy, two servant girls of Guildford throw a dice to win the …
Yodele yodele hee hoo! From this year, you can take your yodelling to degree level. The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is adding yodelling to its …
Legends of the birth of the croissant involve war and a bright baker. Experts agree that the croissant was inspired by the Austrian kipfel. This was a crescent-shaped pastry …
‘From grand old Viking centuries, Up Helly Aa has come…’ the guizers sing. In fact, the Scottish festival is only just over 100 years old in its more civilized …
Bubble wrap was invented by mistake. In 1957 two inventors named Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes were working on a three-dimensional plastic wallpaper. By sealing two shower curtains together, they …
National Kazoo Day occurs annually (although in some regions, more often) on or about January 28 – or whenever convenient for the kazooist. The Kazoo doesn’t have any keys …
January 24th is Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day. Dagnabbit! ‘Nother one o’ them highfalutin’ special ‘talk like’ days from back East? (Bunch a lazy no-good claim-jumpin’ noaccounts ) On …
Babinden is an ancient Bulgarian tradition in honor of traditional midwives or Baba. This female feast was believed to be the only day when women were able to joke with …
A mysterious black-clad stranger makes a yearly pilgrimage to the grave of Edgar Allan Poe. The Poe Toaster leaves behind three red roses and a bottle of cognac. For …
Arizona finally allowed Sean Corbett religious freedom to wear a wearing a spaghetti strainer in his ID photo. The spaghetti strainer is classed as ‘religious headgear’. “I tried a couple …
