Month: March 2017
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 …
On National Goof-off Day, why not try some of these retro goof-off techniques at work? On National Goof-Off Day, spare a thought for those who didn’t have the internet …
Meet Julia, the first new Muppet to join the Sesame Street neighborhood in a decade. Julia is a little different from the other puppets on the show. She sometimes …
They welded pipes, they drew blueprints. And of course, they fastened munitions and machine parts together with rivets. Seven decades after World War Two, Rosie the Riveter Day honours the …
Marzanna is the Polish incarnation of the old Slavic goddess of winter, plague and death. Drowning of the Marzanna or Topienie Marzanny. The best way for superstitious Slavs to protect …
American and Swiss citizens blow up snowmen to mark seasons change. Boom! Snowman Burning Day is derived from a German tradition – the Rose Sunday Festival. The mayor passes through …
Every Equinox, thousands gather to watch the shadow of a feathered serpent god slither down a pyramid. During the Spring equinox, tourists and locals pack in around the pyramid of …
