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Today is the third quarter of the moon, meaning it is halfway between the full moon and the new moon.
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National Paul Bunyan Day celebrates Paul Bunyan, one of the folk heroes of North America, specifically Canada, and appears to have originated in lore around 1837. Accompanied by his bull, Babe the Blue Ox...
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Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited metabolic disorder. Children born with it cannot process the amino acid phenylalanine. This results in mental disabilities and neurological issues including memory lo...
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Tapioca Day celebrates the starch extracted from Manioc, otherwise known as cassava. It honors the culinary value and versatility of the tapioca plant, which goes by the scientific name of Manihot esculen...
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Scones, jam, tea, and clotted cream, what could be more British? Cream Tea is a British tradition, and afternoon tea is a British institution. National Cream Tea Day is an opportunity to unite friends and...
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Today is the anniversary of signing the Treaty of Versailles, June 28, 1919. The document officially ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers five years after the killing of Archduke Franz Ferd...
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Launched in 2001 by Maroc Cultures, Mawazine, also known as Mawazine Festival Rhythms of the World, is an annual music festival in Rabat, Morocco. The festival is part of a governmental plan to help democ...
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Carpenter Ant Awareness Week began with Batzner Pest Control in 1992 to educate the public about this common pest at a time when they are most active. Carpenter ants excavate wood to build their nests,...
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National Lightning Safety Awareness Week began in 2001 to call attention to this underrated killer. Since then, lightning fatalities in the United States have dropped from about 50 per year to about 30. T...
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National Mosquito Control Awareness Week is an annual event observed in the United States, typically during the last week of June, to raise awareness about the importance of mosquito control, educate the...
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nti Raymi, often spelled as Inti Rami in English, is a traditional Incan festival that honors Inti, the sun god. Today, Inti Rami occurs in several Andean countries, including Ecuador and Peru. Historica...
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Let this be a lesson; people will race anything! Welcome to the 'Tiller Thriller.' First run in 1990, the World Championship Rotary Tiller race has become the hallmark event of the PurpleHull Pea Festi...
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National Almond Buttercrunch Day commemorates almond buttercrunch, created in 1923. This candy was made popular during World War II when it was shipped to soldiers overseas. Brown & Haley, a candy compa...
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Photography enthusiasts have a lot to celebrate on National Camera Day. Today is the anniversary of the first Kodak camera sold on June 29, 1888. The camera documents whatever is happening in the world....
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Today is the anniversary of the passage of the Federal-Aid Interstate Highway Act in 1956. The story of how the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways...