America's Favorite Made Up Holidays

0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Well you probably noticed all the Halloween decorations in the stores and pumpkin coffee at the various places. Well, the Department of Data has compiled a list of fifty seven hundred non religious holidays observed in America. Some of the random ones National Perogi Day October eighth, National Folding Laundry Day March thirtieth, National Jerky Day June twelfth. I don't think that's about people being jerky. I think that's beef jerky. March third is what if cats and dogs had a postable thumbs day? Okay, sure, Now you can't just make stuff up. The people measuring this checked whether it was recognized by government bodies, if people see it on their counters by default, and how much attention it gets from the public. For example, not counting National I Want Butterscotch Day February fifteenth. No one's doing that. No.

1:00 National hot Dog Day July sixteenth, of course, has a higher real score than National Support Public Education Day, which is July thirtieth. The most real unofficial holiday Groundhog Day February second. Other top unofficial holidays four twenty if you know, you know April Fool's Day, Pie Day, and talk like a pirate day September nineteenth. Hey, wait, that's tomorrow. Cool. There are other days not just talk like a pirate day. There is talk like Yoda Day on May twenty first, talk like jar Jar Binks Day August nineteenth and coming up for Kevin October tenth, is hug a Kevin Day. I think in the next episode I will tell you forty nine unofficial holidays with a dog of the name.

1:41 But we won't get to that one today. But I have four more stories to get to. We've got one of those world records. That guy David Rush, he's back. He teamed up with YouTuber Sjosh horton the record most baked beans eaten okay, fine, with a toothpick in three minutes by a team of four. What are we even doing? The record most baked beans eaten with a toothpick in three minutes by Teama four had been four hundred and twenty nine. These guys five hundred and fifty nine beans eaten in three minutes by Teama four using a toothpick. In Massachusetts, a black bear was spotted stealing a bag of sunflower seeds. A woman captured this on video. We see the bear poking its head in front paws under the soft cover of a pickup truck's bed. The bear emerges with a large bag of sunflower seeds it teared open.

2:31 The bag had a snack. The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife encourages residents to be aware and keep all trash, food, and other possible attractants secure from animals. A postcard was lost in the mail for seventy two years after it have arrived at an Illinois post office. Officials tracked down and contacted the person who sent it, who's now eighty eight years old. Alan sent the postcard to his parents. Now Allen's eighty eight, so you know, hey, thanks post office for nothing. Allan sent it to his parents, Frederick and Elizabeth, back in nineteen fifty three. It showed up recently the Ottawa Post Office. Postmaster Mark Thompson was curious.

3:11 The postcard shows the UN building in New York and says it was likely mishandled at the post office inside the un and ended up lost in a crevis or other unseen location for decades. Before finding itself back in circulation. Alan Ball was shown the card. He says he recognized his own handwriting, but doesn't remember mailing the card. He does remember spending some time in New York back in nineteen fifty three. If you think this is bad, in Wales last year a postcard showed up after one hundred and twenty one years. Well. Recently, during practice at Bowling Green University in Ohio, a football player suffered an injury. The team was devastated, but George number forty seven knew a cat who could help. He brought Pudge the Cat into the locker room, hoping to lift everyone's spirits. His teammates did get a little happier. Eventually, a brown and orange jersey showed up in the locker room, and videos of Pudge the Cat with players went viral on social media.

4:03 Number forty seven said, I wanted to bring marale ups. I brought him in on a Sunday. The new season started on August twenty eighth. Pudge the Cat is the unofficial mascot for the Bowling Green Falcons. Those are your five good news stories for today. If you would like the program without commercial interruption, click that banner. It says uninterrupted listening. You have to be on Apple podcasts for all that to work. But the short version five bucks a month, no commercials, Have a great day.