Foxy Stealing — August 2, 2020
In the news this week, some people in a town in Germany kept losing shoes–one man woke up one morning and one of his running shoes was missing. He had left it on his porch overnight. People suspected a fox,…
Quality People: May 28, 2020
Today is National Hamburger Day, so let’s go grab a burger for lunch–you with me? How about a couple of fun facts? Did you know–burgers were inspired by a type of German dish of beef patty (but it didn’t have…
Finders Keepers: May 26, 2020
In the news, a family was driving down the road in Virginia when they saw a bag in the middle of the road. They picked it up and put it in the back of their pickup truck, making it safer…
April 30, 2020: Cross My Heart…
Today is National Honesty Day. The person who started this day chose April 30 for two reasons: 1. to balance out all the dishonesty that happens on April 1 (April Fools’ Day) and 2. it’s the anniversary of George Washington…
April 28, 2020: Superheroes Unite!
Today is National Superhero Day–how ’bout a couple of fun facts? Did you know that the Hulk was supposed to be gray when he first came into comic books, but they had a printing error and he ended up green?…
April 24, 2020: Beware of the Horse
Don’t ask me how they know this, but on this date in the year 1184 BC, this is the day that the Greeks got into the city of Troy using the Trojan Horse. What’s that you ask? It is a…
