Category: What Day
March 20, 2019, isn’t just the first day of Spring. It’s also National Alien Abduction Day, also known as Extraterrestrial Abductions Day. This is a holiday dedicated to people who either …
Victorian people were fascinated by Circassian Beauties. From the middle ages, Circassian women were considered the most beautiful in the world. Their North Caucasus homeland stretches along the Caucasian mountain range …
Arctic Explorers may not have had fresh fruit and veg but, dammit, there was whiskey. In 1907 Ernest Shackleton put in an order for 25 cases of Mackinlay’s …
During WWII, “liquid stockings” could last up to three days if you didn’t wash. Stockings back then were extremely important. Women wouldn’t venture outside with naked legs. In 1941, you …
Dad’s revenge: the earliest surviving pair of socks were designed for wearing with sandals. Wearing socks with sandals has been a source of endless ridicule for dads, German tourists, and hippies. …
Satan was bent on home-improvement the night of the Furry Dance. He was flying through the air carrying a huge boulder with which to (probably) set off Hell’s entrance. …
Randall Zwinge or the Great Randi started offering his own money in 1964 for proof of supernatural powers. One of Randi’s friends, the Internet pioneer Rick Adams, donated a million …
A man in a horse’s skin called the ‘Obby Oss’ dances around the English village of Padstow in Cornwall. Dozens of accordion players accompany the Oss as the Teasers dance & urge …
Walpurgis Night is the ‘other Halloween’, only saluting the start of summer, rather than winter. It’s held exactly six months before the better-known festival. Let’s call it Spring-o-ween. On …
Stationery – sound boring enough for you? It turns out your office drawer, pencil case or supply closet contains enough juicy, sticky and colorful back stories to fill a …
Here’s something to cheer us up on a Monday which also happens to be Talk Like Shakespeare Day. Even Shakespeare had some stinkers. Shakespeare introduced about 1,000 new words …
In Zürich, Switzerland, a giant, exploding snowman called the Böögg predicts Spring. The Böögg is an 11-foot-tall (3 and 1/2 meters) snowman stuffed with straw, cotton—and dynamite. The faster the …
