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National Arbor Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ PLANT SOMETHING! It’s National Arbor Day. Every last Friday in April, America takes a beat to plant trees — the longest-running environmental holiday in the country, and still the simplest. Shovel, sapling, a spot in the ground. Go. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ━━━━ FAST FACTS ━━━━ WHEN Last Fri […]

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National Hairball Awareness Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EMBRACE PET CARE On this special day, let’s focus on the importance of proper pet care, including hairball management for our beloved animals. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ━━━━ FAST FACTS ━━━━ WHEN April 28 ORIGIN Started in 2001 by the American Association of Feline Practitioners STAT Over 90% of

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National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ TINY HOT DOGS! It’s National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day. America’s most democratic hors d’oeuvre — loved equally by toddlers, drunk uncles, and wedding guests — gets its own April 24. Roll the dough. Preheat the oven. Bring the mustard. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ━━━━ FAST FACTS ━━━━ WHEN April 24 NAMED

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Celebrate Trails Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EXPLORE THE OUTDOORS Celebrate Trails Day invites everyone to discover the beauty of nature through trails across the nation. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ━━━━ FAST FACTS ━━━━ WHEN The first Saturday in June ORIGIN Launched in 1993 by the American Hiking Society STAT Over 21,000 miles of trails in

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Independent Bookstore Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ INTO THE SHOP! It’s Independent Bookstore Day — the last Saturday in April, the day to walk into a real bookshop, talk to a real human, and walk out with a book the algorithm would never have found you. Support the weird. Support the local. Support the towel-warm corner of

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National DNA Day

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ THE MOLECULE OF YOU! It’s National DNA Day. On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published a one-page paper in Nature describing the double-helix structure of DNA — and the world changed. On April 14, 2003, the Human Genome Project was complete. Both anniversaries, one holiday. ★ ★

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