If you’re feeling resentful that we’re asking you to celebrate that bothersome creature that spent the summer systematically digging up your garden, don’t worry – it’s not that kind of mole. National Mole Day is a celebration of Avogadro’s number, … Continue reading →

Break out the blankets and the Tupperware containers – today (June 18) is International Picnic Day. Show your solidarity with alfresco aficionados the world over by sharing a meal outdoors in your backyard or other favorite outdoor location. The word … Continue reading →

Dressed in pink tights and a yellow tunic, world-class funambulist Jean-Francois Gravelet (better known as The Great Blondin due to his fair hair) became the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope June 30, 1859. This extraordinary feat … Continue reading →

On Dec. 1, 1761, Madame Tussaud, perhaps the world’s best-known creator of lifelike wax sculptures, was born Anna Maria Grosholtz in Strasbourg, France. Strasbourg is close to the German border, which may account for Tussaud’s not-entirely-French-sounding birth name. Tussaud’s father … Continue reading →

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – food holidays are among our favorites to celebrate because we get to eat something tasty. National Cookie Day (Dec. 4) is no exception. It also happens to fall during Cookie … Continue reading →

Nothing makes us feel quite so silly as attempting to explain the concept of a Fluffernutter to someone who has not had the pleasure. We are therefore most pleased to raise awareness of this tasty sandwich by celebrating National Fluffernutter … Continue reading →

The word “thylacine” conjures up images of a sleekly-named antibiotic, but it’s actually a now-extinct carnivorous marsupial. “Benjamin,” the last of the thylacines (commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger) died in captivity at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania on Sept. … Continue reading →

On Nov. 12, 1933, Hugh Gray spied an “object of considerable dimensions – making a big splash with spray on the surface” of Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland while he was walking home from church. He just happened … Continue reading →

April Fools’ Day just wouldn’t be April Fools’ Day without a prank or two. The BBC pulled off one of the most memorable hoaxes in holiday history April 1, 1957 when they featured a segment on the Swiss spaghetti harvest … Continue reading →

Here at Daily TWiP, we know for a fact that something interesting has occurred on almost every day in history – the key word here being “almost.” April 11, 1954, for example, has been scientifically determined to have been the … Continue reading →