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Lazy Day is a day set aside each year for everyone to do nothing and be perfectly OK with it. Relax and binge-watch your favorite show. Camp out in the hammock or kick back and drop a line in your nearest...
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The Miss Crustacean Beauty Pageant & Hermit Crab Races is an annual event in Ocean City, New Jersey, designed to celebrate hermit crabs (the city's mascot) and provide family-friendly entertainment for lo...
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The Aussies have a sense of humor, something well illustrated by hosting a regatta on the dry bed of the Todd River in Alice Springs— the Henley on Todd Regatta. Inspired by England's Henley Royal Regatta...
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Emerald Downs, a suburban Seattle venue known for live horse racing, transforms into a prehistoric battleground in late August. Over 200 people donning inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex costumes run down the r...
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Created by Wellcat, Hoodie Hoo Day's objective is to mark the day when it is exactly one month until spring begins in the Southern Hemisphere. In anticipation, people are encouraged to walk outside at noo...
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National Go Topless Day is a one-day celebration to support women who reserve the right to go topless in public as means to force gender equality. It falls on the Sunday before August 26. In 1920, this wa...
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Every August since 1985, competitors from around the globe descend upon Britain's smallest town, Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales, for a competition stuck in the mire: the World Bog Snorkelling Championships. The...
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Just Because Day is a day where people are free to do whatever they want because they want to.
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Food Fight! Who doesn't love a food fight? One hundred twenty tons of tomatoes are flung and flayed by 35,000 people for two hours each year in the town of Buñol, Spain. This is the La Tomatina Festival....
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Crackers Over The Keyboard Day is another Wellcat Holiday. Bring crackers and eat them over the keyboard; just hope they don't get caught under the keys!
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Race Your Mouse Day Around the Icons Day is another silly holiday created by Wellcat. This celebration is about running the computer mouse on the computer screen while downloading or waiting for web pages...
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A'phabet Day occurs on Christmas and can provide a little amusement for the family. Try to make it through a conversation without using the letter 'L.' It's a lot harder than it sounds. Just writing this,...
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Barbie & Barney Backlash Day is a day for parents. You're in luck if you've had enough of Barney's "I Love You" song and the impossible dimensions of Malibu Barbie and friends. Today is the day to trash,...
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Bathtub Party Day is a celebration for the stressed out as the holiday season kicks into high gear. Today is when you forgo the shower and slip into a leisurely tub surrounded by rubber duckies, swizzle s...
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Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day is an ode to the forty-plus crowd. If you’re over 40, you’ll get this. It comes out of nowhere. You’re going along daily with no need for reading glasses when s...
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When the number of the month matches the number of the day, that's Bonza Bottler Day. It is a play on numbers. There are twelve Bonza Bottler Days a year. This event began in 1985. Bonza is Australian...
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Brown Shoes Day, or Wear Brown Shoes Day, is a day for wearing brown shoes. The origins of this jokey holiday aren’t clear, but one can easily assume that someone got tired of everyone wearing the same bo...
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Cat Herders Day honors not cats, but recognizes futility in attempting to manage unmanageable situations, be these in the office, home, or school. Consider it an illustrated version of the Serenity Pray...
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Did you celebrate Christmas this year? Did you have a real Christmas tree? If the answer to these questions is YES, consider celebrating National Falling Needles Family Fest! Gather your family, frien...
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The Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute is observed two days before the beginning of the new calendar year. The symbolism derives from the idea that we all vow or make New Year's Resolutions a...