5/30/26 - Full MicroMoon, Jellyfish Stings (don't), and Stamps

Saturday 5/30/26

Sunday 5/31/26

Celebrate:

Saturday

Loomis Day - Mahlon Loomis was an innovator in wireless communications.

My Bucket's Got a Hole in It Day

National Creativity Day

National Mint Julep Day

Water a Flower Day

Sunday

National Autonomous Vehicle Day

National Macaroon Day

National Meditation Day

National Smile Day

Save Your Hearing Day

Speak in Complete Sentences Day

What You Think Upon Grows Day

World No Tobacco Day

World Parrot Day

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There's a full moon Sunday (4:45am) and yes, it's the second of the month. Making it a Blue Moon. But it's also a MicroMoon. That's because it's the farthest in orbit from Earth making it look unusually small.

So if things seem a little off this weekend, or you're a bit hairier..this is why.

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We saw it in Friends and other TV shows. Vacationers get stung by a jellyfish, and to help the pain, you must urinate on the sting!

WRONG!!!!

Urinating on a jellyfish sting can actually cause more pain than it provides relief, because it's made mostly of water and doesn't have enough of the ammonia or other chemicals to stop the pain.

First, Jellyfish aren't after you; it's usually by mistake that a human gets stung.

What should you do?

Dr. Christopher Bazzoli of the Cleveland Clinic says,“A saltwater wash is the best first step for all species of jellyfish and their look-alikes because it will not stimulate further ‘firing’ of stingers, or further release of their venom.”

Vinegar can also help. It rapidly halts the thousands of tiny unfired stinging cells left on the surface of the skin after tentacle contact,” according to University of Florida Health.

Also, apply ice to the affected area to help reduce inflammation.

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It's time to go off and buy some stamps at the post office. The price will be increasing in July.

It's now 78 cents, it will be 82 cents.

And now, Stamp facts.

Before the first adhesive stamp was invented in the UK in 1840, the person receiving the letter paid the postage, not the sender. Rates were calculated by how many sheets of paper were used and how far it traveled. If the recipient couldn't afford it or simply didn't want the letter, they would refuse delivery, leaving the post office to eat the cost.

The world's first adhesive postage stamp was the Penny Black, issued by Great Britain on May 6, 1840, featuring the profile of Queen Victoria. Because it was the first, there was no need to put the country's name on it. To this day, the United Kingdom is the only country in the world that does not print its name on its stamps; they only use the reigning monarch's silhouette to identify themselves.

In 1972, the kingdom of Bhutan decided standard paper stamps were too boring. Instead, they released a series of playable vinyl record stamps. They were small, 33⅓ rpm plastic discs with adhesive backing. If you peeled off the back, you could stick them to an envelope to mail it—but if you put them on a record player, they actually played folk songs and a spoken-word history of the nation.

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A wanted fugitive in China was caught after he applied for a job at a police station. A background check is what did him in.

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