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Wellcat started this holiday to bring attention to the addition of Curling to the Olympic sports line-up. The World Curling Federation describes the origin of curling thus: “Paintings by a 16th Centur...
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Forget multitasking. Go for single-tasking. National Single-tasking Day will be much easier for right handed men. Why? Women and left handed men have larger corpus callosum than right handed men. This...
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On February 23, 1874, Walter Wingfield (October 16, 1833 – April 18, 1912), of England patented a “New and Improved Court for Playing the Ancient Game of Tennis”. These are the same balls, rackets, net an...
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Honoring the beauty and durability of tile, National Tile Day is an initiative of the tile and stone exhibition host, Coverings. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness on tile's key benefits inclu...
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National Tortilla Chip Day celebrates the tortilla chip. November 29, 1907 is the day the inventor of the Tortilla Chip, Rebecca Webb-Carranza was born in Durango Mexico. Later, when she was a child, her...
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Chocolate Covered Nuts Day is an unofficial food holiday that celebrates nuts of various varieties covered in milk, dark or white chocolate. The best way to celebrate this day? Have a blind taste testing...
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This is one of two unofficial events celebrating clam chowder. The other is in January 21 and specific to the creamy white sauce New England Style, which is the most popular in the United States. There ar...
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Robert Swetz, a real estate agent in Las Vegas, Nevada, created Hug Your Real Estate Agent Day in 2015 to honor the men and women of the Real Estate Industry. He encourages participants to hug their est...
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National Revolving Pistol Day marks the anniversary of the invention of the Colt Revolver. On February 25, 1836 the Colt Revolving Pistol was patented. This changed guns and warfare forever, though it wou...
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"For Pete’s Sake” Day is possibly tied to a previous event, 'For the Love of Mike' Day. In the 1880s, rather than profaning God’s name in moments of incredulity or exasperation, people would say either...
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Read a Fairy Tale Day seeks to remind us of the delightfully happy endings found in fairy tales. You know, those stories where everything works out? The goblins and witches are banished, the boy always ge...
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Kahlúa (translation “House of the Acolhua people”) is a coffee-flavored rum-based liqueur first produced in Mexico by Pedro Domecq in 1936. The liqueur is often drunk alone or in coffee or as a topping fo...
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National No Brainer Day is an unofficial event in the United States, and in LEEP’s opinion, should be a salute to technical writers and their profession. Perhaps the best way to celebrate it is to look a...
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It's a day to celebrate the great things from days gone bye. Retro Day was created in 2018 to help upcoming generations experience life before the Internet and smartphones. Yes, there really was a world b...
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It's all about the wheels on your ride! National Customized Wheel and Tire Day is a day to take pride in your custom wheels or try an upgrade on your car. This is one type of self expression that is creat...
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The original idea behind Floral Design Day marked the celebration of Carl Rittner's birthday, the founder of Rittners School of Floral Design Mr. "R" as his students affectionately called him, founded T...
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Public Sleeping Day could be cast as a silly holiday that simply makes fun of people who fall asleep in public. Or, this day can be used to focus attention on a very serious problem: homelessness. Since t...
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National Chocolate Soufflé Day celebrates the decadent French dessert of whipped egg whites, semi-sweet baking chocolate, butter and sugar that rises like a cloud in the oven. Soufflés are not the easiest...
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Approximately 1.8 million, (including 40,000 babies in the United States) are affected by Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), yet scant funds have been made available for research and cures. This week long ev...
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Marriages have long been the bedrock of society. Statistics show that married people live longer, and are often more content with their lives. Of course, living with someone else isn’t easy. Divorce stati...