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7/20/26- Jell-O Salads, Wilderkind, and Happiness Report (we aren't so)
Monday 7/20/26 Celebrate: Global Hug Your Kids Day International Chess Day Moon Day - 1969 Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. One giant step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind. Nap Day National Fortune Cookie Day National Get Out of the Doghouse Day Space Exploration Day Ugly Truck Contest Day World Jump Day – Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Today is National Lollipop Day. The exact term "lollipop" was first recorded in the late 18th century in England, where it origi
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16 hours ago3 min read


7/17/26- Yellow Pigs, Emojis, and Aliens
Friday 7/17/26 Celebrate: National Peach Ice Cream Day National Tattoo Day World Day for International Justice Wrong Way Corrigan Day Yellow Pigs Day - the main focus of the day is on celebrating the number 17. The day was created in the early 1960s by two Princeton math students, Michael Spivak and David Kelly, after they had been working with and listing the properties of the number 17. David had a collection of yellow pigs. World Emoji Day Be truthful, how many emojis do y
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4 days ago2 min read


7/16/26 - Daytime Emmy Noms,
Thursday 7/16/26 Celebrate: Get to Know Your Customers Day Guinea Pig Appreciation Day National Atomic Veterans Day National Cherry Day National Corn Fritter Day National DOLE Whip Day National Fresh Spinach Day National Personal Chef Day Rural Transit Day World Snake Day – Big movie up this weekend, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Based on the classic by Homer (no not Simpson) It is one of the oldest surviving works of literature and remains popular with modern audiences. L
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5 days ago3 min read


7/15/26 - Smoke & Heat, Hot Summer Color, and Robots Are Good
Wednesday 7/15/26 Celebrate: Gummi Worm Day I Love Horses Day National Be a Dork Day National Give Something Away Day National Hot Dog Day National Pet Fire Safety Day National Respect Canada Day National Tapioca Pudding Day Orange Chicken Day Take Your Poet to Work Day -- Today is Saint Swithin's Day and it's steeped in legend and is celebrated in the United Kingdom—although not widely. Saint Swithin was born in Winchester, England, in about 800. He became counselor of the
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6 days ago4 min read


7/14/26 - Mac & Cheese Day, Can't Stand ..., Food You Won't Eat
Tuesday 7/14/26 Celebrate: Bastille Day (let them eat cake) Cow Appreciation Day International Non-binary People's Day National Grand Marnier Day National Tape Measure Day Pandemonium Day Shark Awareness Day National Mac and Cheese Day The earliest known recipe for a dish resembling macaroni and cheese dates back to a late 13th-century Italian cookbook called Liber de Coquina. It featured a dish called de lasanis, which paired tossed pasta sheets with grated cheese. Thomas Je
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7 days ago2 min read


7/13/26 - French Fry Day, UFO's and How To Say You're An American Without Saying You're An American
Monday 7/13/216 Celebrate: Barbershop Music Appreciation Day Bean 'n' Franks Day Embrace Your Geekness Day Fool's Paradise Day Go West Day Gruntled Workers Day International Town Criers Day National French Fry Day – Today is National French Fry Day and it is the #1 way to eat potatoes in 18 states, including California, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois 2. Mashed Potatoes 7 states, including Wisconsin 3. Baked Potatoes Popular in various regions 4. Hasselback Pota
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Jul 133 min read


7/10/26 - Population Data, Bonnie Tyler, and Watch This Food and Truck!
Friday 7/10/26 Celebrate: Collector Car Appreciation Day Don't Step on a Bee Day National Kitten Day National Pina Colada Day Pick Blueberries Day Teddy Bear Picnic Day World Kebab Day – New in Theaters this Weekend Moana - Live action with Dwayne Johnson, Frankie Adams, Rena Owen, John Tui, and Catherine Laga‘aia https://youtu.be/n7f6hlKsxxo?si=H1ECx8UP-IEy06nr Evil Dead Burn - It's an all-new chapter with Tandi Wright, Souheila Yacoub, Luciane Buchanan, and Hunter Doohan...
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Jul 103 min read


6/9/26 - Emmy Noms, Happy Birthday Hot 100, and Embarrassingly Ordinary Quick Changes To Your Life
Thursday 6/9/26 Celebrate: Call of the Horizon Day Fashion Day National Don't Put all Your Eggs in One Omelet Day National Sugar Cookie Day – Happy Birthday, Billboard Hot 100! This is not from 1955. You find it! 1955 Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around The Clock" becomes the first Rock song to hit #1 on the Billboard Pop chart, where it stays for eight weeks. The song was originally released as the B-side of "Thirteen Women," but became a massive hit after it appeared in t
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Jul 94 min read


7/8/2026 - Don't Sit For Long, Pringle Buns, and An Old Chicken
Wednesday 7/8/26 Celebrate: Be a Kid Again Day Math 2.0 Day National Blueberry Day National Freezer Pop Day National Ice Cream Sundae Day National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama Day (SCUD) – Madrid’s iconic high heel race returned to the streets of Chueca as part of the city’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations. Competitors dashed through the neighborhood on a cobblestone street, in at least 6" heels while crowds cheered them on in one of Prid
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Jul 83 min read


7/7/26 - Chocolate Day, Baseball Shenanigans, and The Picnic Makeover
Tuesday 7/7/26 Celebrate: Chocolate Day Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day Global Forgiveness Day National Dive Bar Day National Macaroni Day National Strawberry Sundae Day Tell the Truth Day -- Happy Chocolate Day! The ancient Aztecs valued cocoa beans so highly that they used them as cash. For example, a single avocado could be bought for three beans, while a turkey cost 100 beans. Source: History.com Chocolate is technically a fruit: Cacao beans grow in pod-like frui
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Jul 72 min read


7/6/26 - Taylor & Travis, Ship and Dip, Fires (steal them, they taste better)
Monday 7/6/26 Celebrate: International Kissing Day National Air Traffic Control Day National Fried Chicken Day National Hand Roll Day Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day Umbrella Cover Day Virtually Hug a Virtual Assistant Day – Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Philematologists (scientists who study kissing) have confirmed that a single, passionate kiss burns up to 26 calories per minute and instantly spikes your brain's dopamine levels. – The Saturday Holiday may have softened
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Jul 64 min read


7/3/26 - Happy July 4th Weekend!!!
Friday 7/3/26 Welcome to your July 4th Briefing! Celebrate: American Redneck Day Comic Sans Day Disobedience Day Drive Your Corvette to Work Day National Chocolate Wafer Day National Compliment Your Mirror Day National Eat Your Beans Day National Fried Clam Day National Independent Beer Run Day Plastic Bag Free Day Stay Out of the Sun Day -- The Continental Congress actually voted to separate from Great Britain on July 2, 1776. John Adams was so convinced July 2nd would be th
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Jul 33 min read


7/2/26 - The Dog Days, Not Three Meals A Day, and Weddings (Yes, Here's Too)!
Thursday 7/2/26 Celebrate: Freedom From Fear of Speaking Day I Forgot Day Made in the USA Day National Anisette Day Special Recreation for the Disabled Day World Sports Journalists Day World UFO Day – Nothing to do with the Dog Days of Summer!!! Tomorrow, The Dog Days Start and run through August 11th. This phrase doesn't refer to lazy pets—it dates back to ancient Greeks and Romans who noticed the hot, sultry weather coincided with the Sun and Sirius (the "Dog Star"), the br
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Jul 23 min read


7/1/26 - Welcome July!! Things You Mindlessly Do Wrong All The Time, and The Coldest Temperatures
Wednesday 7/1/26 Happy July 1st!!! July was originally called Quintilis (Latin for "fifth") because it was the fifth month of the original 10-month Roman calendar. In 44 BCE, the Roman Senate renamed it Iulius (July) to honor Julius Caesar, as it was the month of his birth. – Celebrate: American Zoo Day blink-182 Day Canada Day Devotion to Duty Day Early Bird Day International Chicken Wing Day International Joke Day International Reggae Day National Creative Ice Cream Flavor
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Jul 13 min read


6-29-26 - Irritating Pop Music, Gas Pump Arrow, and Dumb Criminal
Monday 6/29/26 Celebrate: Feasts of Saints Peter and Paul Hug Holiday Day National Almond Buttercrunch Day National Camera Day National Darts Day National Waffle Iron Day Please Take My Children to Work Day -- The Weekend's Box Office 1. Toy Story 5 $70.0M 2. Supergirl $38.0M 3. Obsession $9.8M 4. Jackass: Best and Last $8.4M 5. Disclosure Day $8.1M -- Bird watchers (aka birders) in the U.S. spend just over $100 billion on traveling and equipment every year. Great app to get
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Jun 292 min read


6/26/26 - The Sun, A (Un) Convenience Store, and Your ATM Pin
Friday 6/26/26 Celebrate: Beautician's Day Forgiveness Day International Day in Support of Victims of Torture National Chocolate Pudding Day National Coconut Day National Cream Tea Day National Food Truck Day Take Your Dog to Work Day Tropical Cocktails Day National Barcode Day - The first product to have a barcode was a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum, which was scanned today in 1974, at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio – Saturday 6/27/26 Happy Birthday To You Day Bartender
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Jun 263 min read


6/25/26 - Grandma's Pantry, Ranch, and Color TV
Thursday 6/25/26 Celebrate: Bourdain Day Day of the Seafarer Global Beatles Day National Bomb Pop Day National Catfish Day National Handshake Day National Police Community Cooperative Day National Strawberry Parfait Day World Vitiligo Day Leon!!! - It's Noel backwards since today is the half way point from/to Christmas! – Genealogy Explained has a list of 25 pantry items your Grandma used daily! Lard! Anti-fat movement killed lard in the 80s. It is making a comeback. Suet - n
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Jun 253 min read


6/24/26 - Bad Names, Lay Down, and Almost Lilith Fair
Wednesday 6/24/26 Celebrate: Celebration of the Senses International Fairy Day Museum Comes to Life Day National Parchment Day National Pralines Day Swim a Lap Day World UFO Day -- Lilith Fair lives..well sort of. her all-female music festival, which pays homage to the iconic ’90s festival, Lilith Fair. The project highlights Rodrigo’s growing influence beyond her own chart-topping career. Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival, with all net proceeds going to charties. It's a one
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Jun 243 min read


6/23/26 - Bye Clive, Dumb Questions, and Sleepmaxxing
Tuesday 6/23/26 Celebrate: International Widows' Day Let It Go Day National Detroit-Style Pizza Day National Hydration Day National Pecan Sandies Day National Pink Day Pink Flamingo Day Runner's Selfie Day SAT Math Day Typewriter Day United Nations Public Service Day – Clive Davis, the legendary music executive, has died at the age of 94. Helped the careers of Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow, Alicia Keys and many more. He was president of Columbia Records from 1967-1973 and fo
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Jun 233 min read


6/22/26 - Manly Smells, #1 Fast Food, and M&M's
Monday 6/22/26 National Chocolate Eclair Day National HVAC Tech Day National Onion Rings Day Stupid Guy Thing Day Take Your Cat to Work Day World Rainforest Day -- James Burrows, the legendary TV director/creator, has died at the age of 85. Burrows got his start in television relatively late at age 35 in 1974, directing episodes of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” and “Laverne & Shirley.” He co-created “Cheers,” directing 243 of the 273 episodes, as well
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Jun 223 min read

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