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3/2/26 - Dr. Suess, Brit Awards, and Snack-Sized Workouts
Monday 3/2/26 Celebrate: Fun Facts About Names Day International Rescue Cat Day National Banana Cream Pie Day Old Stuff Day Read Across America Day World Teen Mental Wellness Day -- Today marks the birthday of Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, born in 1904! The beloved children's author created timeless classics like "The Cat in the Hat," "Green Eggs and Ham," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," and "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" His whimsical rhymes and imaginativ
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Mar 23 min read


2/28/26 - Welcome March, Tooth Fairy, and Goodbye Neil
Saturday 2/28/26 Sunday 2/29/26 3/1/26 Celebrate: Saturday Car Keys and Small Change Day Floral Design Day Global Scouse Day - a stew that goes hand in hand with the city of Liverpool England. International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day International Sword Swallowers Day International Tongue Twister Contest Day National Chocolate Souffle Day National Public Sleeping Day National Science Day National Tooth Fairy Day Open That Bottle Night Rare Disease Day Sunday The
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Feb 282 min read


2/27/26 - Personal Habits, Personal Warnings, and Let's Get To 100.
Friday 2/27/26 Celebrate: International Polar Bear Day International STAND UP to Bullying Day National CSA Day National Kahlua Day National Protein Day National Retro Day National Skip the Straw Day National Strawberry Day No-Brainer Day Pokémon Day - big 30th Anniversary The Big Breakfast Day -- Have you used all of the gift cards you got over the holidays? Probably not. As of 2026, $24 billion in unredeemed gift cards are just sitting in our wallets. A survey found that the
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Feb 272 min read


2/25/26 - Nerds, Survivor, and Cereal
Wednesday 2/25/26 Celebrate: Inconvenience Yourself Day Let's All Eat Right Day National Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day National Clam Chowder Day Pistol Patent Day Quiet Day -- Robert Carradine has died at age 71. The actor is best known for his roles in The Long Riders, Revenge of the Nerds as head nerd Lewis Skolnick, and Lizzie McGuire's father. His brother is Keith Carradine and family wanted everyone to know about Robert's struggle with Bipolar Disorder. “We want people t
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Feb 253 min read


2/23/26 - Break!, Pets, and Weird Mail
Tuesday 2/23/26 Celebrate: National Tortilla Chip Day - Americans consumed over $5 billion worth of tortilla chips in 2025, making them one of the most popular snack foods in the U.S. National Trading Card Day World Bartender Day World Spay Day Twin Peaks Day - "Diane, it's 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks," FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, played by Kyle MacLachlan, dictates into his tape recorder, as he makes his entrance into the town of Twin Peaks
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Feb 243 min read


2/23/26 - Olympic Recap, Baftas, and Terrible Movies
Monday 2/23/26 Celebrate: Curling is Cool Day Diesel Engine Day International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day National Banana Bread Day National Rationalization Day National Tile Day Play Tennis Day World Understanding and Peace Day -- Variety called the Box Office a "glacial winter weekend." 1. GOAT $17.0M 2. Wuthering Heights $14.2M 3. I Can Only Imagine 2 $8.0M 4. Crime 101 $5.8M 5. Send Help $4.5M -- The Olympics ended last night. I'm sure the ratings for the overtime Men's
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Feb 233 min read


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Saturday 2/21/26 Sunday 2/22/26 Celebrate: Saturday Card Reading Day International Mother Language Day National Boiled Peanuts Day National Grain-Free Day National Sticky Bun Day Red Socks Day Single Tasking Day World Kombucha Day World Pangolin Day - scaly anteaters World Whale Day Sunday Be Humble Day National cook a Sweet Potato Day National Margarita Day National Wildlife Day Play More Cards Day Recreational Sports & Fitness Day Scouts Founder's Day Supermarket Employee D
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Feb 212 min read


2/20/26 - Turn The Lights Up, Sleep, and Crazy Olympics
Friday 2//20/26 Celebrate: Clean Out Your Bookcase Day Friday Fish Fry Day Love Your Pet Day National Caregivers Day National Cherry Pie Day National Comfy Day National Handcuff Day National Leadership Day National Muffin Day National Student Volunteer Day National Tartar Sauce Day National Woman's Heart Day National Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day - go outside and yell, it’s a month before Spring World Day of Social Justice – At Ershui Junior High School in Taiwan, academic achiev
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Feb 203 min read


2/19/26 - Weird Toppings, Relationships, and Cooking
Thursday 2/19/26 Celebrate: International Tug-of-War Day Iwo Jima Day National Arabian Horse Day National Boston Terrier Day National Chocolate Mint Day National Lash Day Prevent Plagiarism Day The Great American Spit Out (like the smoke out but for chew) -- What’s the weirdest topping you’ve seen someone put on food? Reddit answered. EphraimGale said I put chocolate syrup on uncooked ramen once Which brought this conversation. TheButcher847 - Did u eat the chocolate-covered
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Feb 192 min read


2/18/26 - Ash Wednesday, Annoying Office Behaviors, and Arobic Activities
Wednesday 2/18/26 Celebrate: Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day - 1930, a cow named Elm Farm Ollie became the first. The flight took place in St. Louis, and the milk was sealed in paper containers and dropped via parachute to the people below. This was mostly done as a publicity stunt to prove that cows could fly. Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day National Battery Day National Drink Wine Day Pluto Day Thumb Appreciation Day Today is Ash Wednesd
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Feb 183 min read


2/17/26 - Lunar New Year, What Annoys Us, and A Great Teacher
Tuesday 2/17/26 Celebrate: Champion Crab Races Day International Pancake Day Mardi Gras My Way Day National Cabbage Day National Cafe au Lait Day National Indian Pudding Day National PTA Founders' Day National Public Science Day Paczki Day Random Acts of Kindness Day Who Shall I Be Day World Human Spirit Day -- Happy Lunar New Year! We enter the Year of the Fire Horse. This is a rare and powerful combination in the 60-year sexagenary cycle (the last one was in 1966) Other Yea
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Feb 173 min read


2/16/26 - President's Day, Anti-Valentines, and 911
Monday 2/16/26 Celebrate: Do a Grouch a Favor Day International Syrah Day Koyoto Protocol Day National Almond Day National Innovation Day 1937 - DuPont patented Nylon. A popular urban legend says "Nylon" stands for "New York London," but DuPont actually claimed the name was random. They almost called it "No-Run," but they realized that was a lie because the stockings could still "run" or snag, so they changed the vowels until it sounded catchy. Shrove Monday is part of the Sh
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Feb 163 min read


2/14/26 - Happy Valentine's Day!!
Saturday 2/14/26 Sunday 2/15/26 Celebrate: Saturday Happy Valentine's Day! The holiday is a bit of a historical mystery, blending both Christian and ancient Roman traditions. The Legend of St. Valentine: The most popular story suggests Valentine was a Roman priest who performed secret marriages for soldiers after Emperor Claudius II banned them (thinking single men made better warriors). Lupercalia: Some historians believe the holiday is a "Christianized" version of Lupercali
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Feb 143 min read


2/13/26 - Galentine's Day, Friday the 13th, and Let's Do Laundry
Friday 2/13/26 This year features not one, not two, but THREE Friday the 13ths (the second is next month as March mimics February and then November), making it an especially unlucky (or lucky, depending on your superstition) year. Astrologers and conspiracy theorists are having a field day with this rare double occurrence these two months! Some origins The seating arrangement at the Last Supper is believed to have given rise to a longstanding Christian superstition that havin
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Feb 134 min read


2/12/26 - Bye Dawson, Valentine's For Everyone, and Lincoln's Birthday
Thursday 2/12/26 Celebrate: Fat Thursday - Think Fat Tuesday but the Thursday before. Why not a Fat Everyday!!! Giving Hearts Day Hug Day International Darwin Day Lincoln's Birthday NAACP Day National Freedom to Marry Day National Lost Penny Day National Plum Pudding Day Paul Bunyan Day Safety Pup Day – James Van Der Beek, the actor known best for embodying those formative, angsty teenage years in "Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues," has died following a diagnosis with color
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Feb 123 min read


2/11/26 - Birthdays, Olympic Medals, and Bad Pronunciation
Wednesday 2/11/26 Celebrate: Be Electrific Day Get Out Your Guitar Day Grandmother Achievement Day International Day of Women and Girls in Science National Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day National Inventors' Day National Latte Day National Make a Friend Day National Peppermint Patty Day National Shut-in Visitation Day Promise Day Pro Sports Wives Day Satisfied Staying Single Day White Shirt Day -- Here's one way to deal with a robber. In Croatia, a robber who ran off after a
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Feb 114 min read


2/10/26 - Embarrassing First Dates, DWI Wheelchair, and 4-Day Work Week
Tuesday 2/10/26 Celebrate: Extraterrestrial Culture Day International Cribbage Day National "Have a Brownie" Day National Cream Cheese Brownie Day National Flannel Day National Home Warranty Day Plimsoll Day - made the lives of sailors better Safer Internet Day Teddy Day Umbrella Day -- A German man was fined for driving a wheelchair under the influence of alcohol. Police say the man was driving his wheelchair in the road, weaving recklessly from one lane to another. He was s
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Feb 103 min read


2/9/26 - Super Bowl, Recap and AdMeter
Monday 2/9/26 Celebrate: Chocolate Day Clean Out Your Computer Day International Epilepsy Day National Cut the Cord Day National Develop Alternative Vices Day National Football Hangover Day National Poop Day National Toothache Day Oatmeal Monday Pizza Pie Day Read in the Bathtub Day -- Variety says, "Football festivities and frigid temperatures across the East Coast and Midwest kept moviegoers on the couch and contributed to a glacial Super Bowl weekend at the box office." 1.
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Feb 93 min read


2/7/26 - Super Bowl Weekend with Stats!!!! Dumb Driver and Juice
Saturday 2/7/26 Sunday 2/8/26 Celebrate: Saturday "e" Day - Math Nerds!!! The first two digits of the number e are 2 and 7. Ballet Day Ice Cream for Breakfast Day International Pisco Sour Day National Fettuccine Alfredo Day National Patty Melt Day National Periodic Table Day Rose Day Send a Card to a Friend Day Take Your Child to the Library Day Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbors Day Sunday Autism Sunday Boy Scouts Day Laugh and Get Rich Day Man Day National Kite Flying
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Feb 73 min read


2/6/26 - Grammar Nerds, Sexy Walkers, and Monopoly
Friday 2/6/26 Celebrate: Bubble Gum Day Give Kids a Smile Day Lame Duck Day National Chopsticks Day National Frozen Yogurt Day National Wear Red Day Pay-a-Compliment Day Ronald Reagan Day -- Grammar Nerds are out in force on the internet! The Super Bowl is Sunday. Not the Superbowl, the Super Bowl. Going around social media, grammar nerds are reminding us that Super Bowl is two words, not one. And while we are at it..March 8th is the start of Daylight Saving Time. No s on Sa
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Feb 62 min read

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