Sept. 16, 2025

America's Favorite Made Up Holidays

Show Notes
Transcript

A humorous look at various non-religious holidays in America, a black bear caught stealing sunflower seeds in Massachusetts, a postcard delivered 72 years late, a world record for most baked beans eaten with a toothpick, and a college football team boosted by a cat mascot.

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Caalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. Well you probably noticed all the Halloween

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decorations in the stores and pumpkin coffee at the various places. Well,

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the Department of Data has compiled a list of fifty

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seven hundred non religious holidays observed in America. Some of

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the random ones National Perogi Day October eighth, National Folding

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Laundry Day March thirtieth, National Jerky Day June twelfth. I

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don't think that's about people being jerky. I think that's

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beef jerky. March third is what if cats and dogs

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had a postable thumbs day? Okay, sure, Now you can't

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just make stuff up. The people measuring this checked whether

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it was recognized by government bodies, if people see it

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on their counters by default, and how much attention it

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gets from the public. For example, not counting National I

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Want Butterscotch Day February fifteenth. No one's doing that. No.

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National hot Dog Day July sixteenth, of course, has a

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higher real score than National Support Public Education Day, which

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is July thirtieth. The most real unofficial holiday Groundhog Day

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February second. Other top unofficial holidays four twenty if you know,

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you know April Fool's Day, Pie Day, and talk like

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a pirate day September nineteenth. Hey, wait, that's tomorrow. Cool.

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There are other days not just talk like a pirate day.

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There is talk like Yoda Day on May twenty first,

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talk like jar Jar Binks Day August nineteenth and coming

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up for Kevin October tenth, is hug a Kevin Day.

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I think in the next episode I will tell you

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forty nine unofficial holidays with a dog of the name.

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But we won't get to that one today. But I

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have four more stories to get to. We've got one

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of those world records. That guy David Rush, he's back.

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He teamed up with YouTuber Sjosh horton the record most

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baked beans eaten okay, fine, with a toothpick in three

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minutes by a team of four. What are we even doing?

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The record most baked beans eaten with a toothpick in

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three minutes by Teama four had been four hundred and

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twenty nine. These guys five hundred and fifty nine beans

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eaten in three minutes by Teama four using a toothpick.

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In Massachusetts, a black bear was spotted stealing a bag

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of sunflower seeds. A woman captured this on video. We

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see the bear poking its head in front paws under

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the soft cover of a pickup truck's bed. The bear

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emerges with a large bag of sunflower seeds it teared open.

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The bag had a snack. The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries

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and Wildlife encourages residents to be aware and keep all trash, food,

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and other possible attractants secure from animals. A postcard was

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lost in the mail for seventy two years after it

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have arrived at an Illinois post office. Officials tracked down

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and contacted the person who sent it, who's now eighty

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eight years old. Alan sent the postcard to his parents.

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Now Allen's eighty eight, so you know, hey, thanks post

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office for nothing. Allan sent it to his parents, Frederick

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and Elizabeth, back in nineteen fifty three. It showed up

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recently the Ottawa Post Office. Postmaster Mark Thompson was curious.

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The postcard shows the UN building in New York and

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says it was likely mishandled at the post office inside

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the un and ended up lost in a crevis or

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other unseen location for decades. Before finding itself back in circulation.

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Alan Ball was shown the card. He says he recognized

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his own handwriting, but doesn't remember mailing the card. He

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does remember spending some time in New York back in

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nineteen fifty three. If you think this is bad, in

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Wales last year a postcard showed up after one hundred

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and twenty one years. Well. Recently, during practice at Bowling

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Green University in Ohio, a football player suffered an injury.

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The team was devastated, but George number forty seven knew

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a cat who could help. He brought Pudge the Cat

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into the locker room, hoping to lift everyone's spirits. His

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teammates did get a little happier. Eventually, a brown and

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orange jersey showed up in the locker room, and videos

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of Pudge the Cat with players went viral on social media.

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Number forty seven said, I wanted to bring marale ups.

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I brought him in on a Sunday. The new season

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started on August twenty eighth. Pudge the Cat is the

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unofficial mascot for the Bowling Green Falcons. Those are your

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