
July 11th is World Population Day. This event initiated by the United Nations Development Programme was inspired by Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, when world population hit five billion people. By 2007, it had risen to 6.7 billion…
Read MoreToday, May 16th, is Love a Tree Day. Yes, it’s a real holiday (what a great idea, eh?). Check out a list of the five best ways to celebrate Love a Tree Day.
Read MoreOn Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Calendar, which maps the entire history of our cosmos onto a single year, the universe has been swirling since the Big Bang on January 1st (13.7 billion years ago). Today, May 11th, comes the formation of…
Read More30 04 2012 Today is a Cross-quarter. That is, it is the midpoint between the previous equinox and the upcoming solstice. As such, it is one of eight stations in our planet’s annual journey around the sun. For those in…
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