February 29, 2020 – Leap of Faith
Today is Leap Day. Every four years, we have an extra day in February, the 29th. The reason is that the earth take 365 1/4 days to go around the sun, so those extra quarters of days add up to…
February 26, 2020 – Ash Wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday–it’s celebrated more in some churches than others, more in some countries than others, but it’s good to know what it is. Ash Wednesday happens 46 days before Easter Sunday. It is a time for Christians to…
February 25, 2020 – Fat Tuesday
Today is known in some places as Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras (literally in French mardi=Tuesday, gras=fat), or in Poland as Paczki Day, and in Germany as Fastnacht Day. In Iceland, it’s known as sprengidagur or “Bursting Day”, meaning…
February 24, 2020 – Lots of Mistakes
Today is National Tortilla Chip Day: fun facts–if you know Despicable Me movies, the lead character Gru wore a hat made of tortilla chips, blue tortilla chips have more protein than regular ones, and the world record for biggest tortilla…
February 23, 2020 – Sweeping Crabs
Check out this invention that was in the news… Every year on Christmas Island, these red crabs have to cross roads to get from the forest back to the beach as part of their routine during migration. We’re talking LOTS…
February 19, 2020 – What Height Record?
In the news, on February 8, Armand Duplantis , a 20-year-old pole vaulter broke the world record by vaulting himself 20 feet, 2⅞ inches over the bar. That broke the world pole vault record. But he wasn’t done… a week…
