Category: What Day
The Kinetic Sculpture Race in Baltimore adds the one thing that’s missing from sculpture – Wacky Racing. Amphibious, human powered works of art race against each other. They battle for …
In the 600-year-old Tinku festival, thousands of men drink homemade spirits and brawl in the street. “Tinku” means “encounter” in the Quechua language of Bolivia’s indigenous people. This neighborly encounter …
On May 5, 1861, Mexican peasants took on the French army which hadn’t lost in 50 years. In the US, 81m pounds of avocados and $2.9bn worth of margaritas are put away …
On Children’s Day, sumo wrestlers make babies cry to bring them good fortune. (The babies, not the wrestlers.) Naki Sumo Baby Crying Contest is based on the proverb: “Crying babies …
Is the most dreaded popup on your screen: Your password has expired? And you start sweating …you must use one uppercase character, at least one lowercase alphabetic character, at least one …
For Paranormal Day, here’s some creepy art from the curiosity cabinet of Mothmeister. His post-mortem fairy tales are oddly satisfying. (Or oodly satisfying – check out number 14). Enjoy …
At midnight in Hong Kong, thousands of people will gather to watch Bun Festival competitors risk all to climb a 60ft tower – made of buns. 12 specially chosen …
On 30 April, you can celebrate the other Halloween, Walpurgis Night, with the witches. Since the medieval era, this time was when the worlds of the living and dead …
Are these the superhero powers we need? These budget superheroes won’t save the world, but they may save you from petty annoyances. They won’t defeat evil, but they’ll fold …
A poor mule was apparently the sole casualty of a battle during the Spanish-American War. So his (or her?) sacrifice is remembered as mantanzas mule day. On April …
This Oslo skatepark is covered in morse code for the law forbidding the use, sale, and advertising of skateboards. Norway banned skateboarding between 1978 – 1989 because it was “too …
Pretzels were invented to bribe children (probably) We have (probably) a monk from northern Italy to thank for the delicious pretzel. The legend goes that in 610, a monk-baker …
