Holidays 2021-07-10
Observances today are about a specific type of poem, blueberry picking, children hosting a picnic for their teddy bear, being careful not to hurt bees, scientist/inventor Nikola Tesla, capybaras and the vaquita porpoise: Blueberry Picking Day Capybara Appreciation Day Don't Step on a Bee Day International Save the Vaquita Day National Clerihew Day National Pina Colada Day Nikola Tesla Day Teddy Bear Picnic Day A clerihew is a 4-line poem where the first 2 lines rhyme and the last 2 lines rhyme. Inventor/engineer extraordinaire Nikola Tesla was born on this date in 1856. We're reminded of the plight of one of the most endangered species in the world, the vaquita. Paula Olson, NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons