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National High Five Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ JOIN THE CELEBRATION Today is a day to celebrate connections through simple gestures like the high five. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ━━━━ FAST FACTS ━━━━ WHEN April 20, 2023 (third Thursday in April) ORIGIN First celebrated in 2002 by a group of friends in Michigan STAT Approximately 85% of […]

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National Healthcare Decisions Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EMPOWER YOUR VOICE On National Healthcare Decisions Day, it is crucial to empower yourself and your loved ones by discussing healthcare choices that matter most to you. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ━━━━ FAST FACTS ━━━━ WHEN April 16, annually ORIGIN Established in 2008 by the Conversation Project STAT Over

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National Eggs Benedict Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ THE ULTIMATE BRUNCH It’s National Eggs Benedict Day. On April 16, America honors the Waldorf-born brunch classic — poached eggs, Canadian bacon, English muffin, hollandaise, stacked in elegance. The ultimate Sunday statement. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ━━━━ FAST FACTS ━━━━ WHEN April 16 ORIGIN Waldorf Astoria, 1894 (disputed) KEY

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Purple Up! Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ HONOR MILITARY FAMILIES Purple Up! Day is a chance to support the resilience of military children and acknowledge their unique experiences. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ━━━━ FAST FACTS ━━━━ WHEN April 15, 2023 ORIGIN Established in 2011 by the Military Child Education Coalition. STAT Approximately 1.2 million military children

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National Titanic Remembrance Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ REMEMBER THEM. It’s National Titanic Remembrance Day. On April 15, we mark the anniversary of the 1912 sinking that claimed 1,517 lives — one of the defining maritime disasters of the modern era, and a moment whose engineering, ethical, and human lessons still resonate more than a century later. ★

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National Take a Wild Guess Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ GET READY TO GUESS Today is all about fun and spontaneity as we celebrate guessing games together. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ━━━━ FAST FACTS ━━━━ WHEN April 15 ORIGIN Unknown STAT Over 60% of people enjoy guessing games. STAT Guessing games improve critical thinking. VIBE Light-hearted and playful ★

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National Rubber Eraser Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ RUB IT OUT! It’s National Rubber Eraser Day. On April 15, we honor the humble, indispensable invention that gave humanity permission to be wrong — to draft, to revise, to rethink. Edward Nairne’s 1770 discovery that caoutchouc could ‘rub out’ pencil marks changed how the modern world writes, draws, and

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