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One might say that counting time is a purely human and abstract invention, as we decide when a month or a year starts or ends. However, why shouldn't the animal world celebrate as well? Happy Mew...
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I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore! Day is a day is your day to take a stand. Toss that table. Throw a temper tantrum. Resolve to take action and change your situation. If procrastination has been your fort...
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Urban Idiotarods or—Idiot-a-rod—are urban shopping cart races that receive their name from the Iditarod, the 1,000-mile dog-sledding race in Alaska. The storied Iditarod wasn't amused and sued, so it beca...
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Inane Answering Message Day eradicates the earth of boring electronic greetings and spicing things up—brought to you by the people at Wellcat.
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It's Judgement Day. Don't panic! This Judgement Day is created by Wellcat.com, not the ethereal day of the same name before Saint Peter. Breathe. The folks at Wellcat created Judgement Day to remind us...
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Today is a day to flip the tables on the cat calls and hoots. Male Watchers Day provides a license to women to gawk, ogle and objectify men for a change (and see how they like being treated like a piece o...
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Memento Mori, or Mortality Day, is a day to remind us of our mortality and the unavoidable fact that one day, we will all die. It's essential to keep that in mind, not as a scare tactic, but to remain min...
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The "Neuter Your Ex" fundraiser by Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center is a unique and humorous Valentine's Day campaign in which, for a $50 donation, a feral cat named after an ex-partner is neutered or s...
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Today is National Nothing Day. Proposed in 1972 by San Francisco Examiner columnist Harold Pullman Coffin, it is the day to provide Americans with one National day when they can sit without celebrating, o...
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Opposites Day on January 25 in the United States is about not saying what you mean or meaning what you say. In other words, if it is hot outside, you would say the opposite: cold. It’s a fun day for kids,...
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On Peculiar People Day, we are encouraged to appreciate and honor differences and seek out the peculiar souls surrounding us, even those we ignore, mock, or dismiss. It is a day to celebrate what makes ea...
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Play God Day is based on the idea of playing God. However, while "playing God" is a phrase that usually has a negative connotation and can be considered blasphemous in many faiths, in this case, it's me...
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<h1>POLAR BEAR PLUNGE</h1><span><br>Using New Year's Day to engage in Polar Bear Plunge Day plays on an international tradition, where (brave?) people wade into or dive into icy waters on the first day of...
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Puddle splashing on a friend or a stranger is an incorrigible prank unless you do it today! Puddle Splash Your Friends Day is a day for mischief, just like April's Fools (but with less creativity involved...
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Run-up-the-Flagpole Day is a day in the U.S. that comes from "Let's run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it," a phrase that became popular in the 1950s. It means "to present an idea and see wh...
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Show & Tell Day at Work comes from the minds of Thomas & Ruth Roy of Wellcat Holidays. Based on the elementary school tradition of Show & Tell Day, adults can bring a pet, a toy, or an award to work, and...
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National Skeptics Day celebrates skepticism and its innumerable gifts. It is one of two Skeptic’s Days on the calendar, with the second, International Skeptics Day, in October.
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Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day is created by Thomas and Ruth Roy of Wellcat Holidays & Herbs. The day demonstrates appreciation for snowplow drivers who spend the entire winter plowing streets and avoiding m...
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Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day honors the anniversary of the discovery of gold by James Marshall at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, on January 24, 1848.
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Z Day reverses the alphabet for one day. On Z Day, people with a last name starting with Z go to the head of the line. Those with last names beginning with A go to the end.