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The childish gesture of sticking out your tongue, being forgiven for transgressions, flight attendant's role in airline safety, hugging your children, cake, rum-based cocktails, rewarding a happy marriage, and the ocean are on our holiday schedule today: Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day Flitch Day Global Hug Your Kids Day Marine Day National Daiquiri Day National Get Out of the Dog House Day National Raspberry Cake Day Stick Out Your Tongue Day Being in the doghouse is a phrase implying that someone, especially a spouse, is treating you badly because they blame you for something. So getting out of the doghouse is a day when people are supposed to let bygones be bygones. A flitch is a half of a pig, and it's an old English reward given to a happily married couple. Marine Day isn't about a branch of the armed services. It's a day to thank the ocean for its bounty. Photo by Francesco Ungaro on Unsplash

Today's holidays cover topics like the unification of the kingdom of Hawaii, marriage, beauty, corn on the cob, and German chocolate cake: Corn on the Cob Day King Kamehameha Day Making Life Beautiful Day National German Chocolate Cake Day National Marriage Day A skin care company created today's Making Life Beautiful Day. King Kamehameha I was the indigenous Hawaiian king who consolidated most of the Hawaiian Islands under his kingdom. It's also a day to enjoy corn on the cob and German chocolate cake. Photo by Robert Krčmar on Unsplash

Today's observances are about autism awareness, giving books to children, reading to children, single people avoiding Valentine's Day by taking the day off from work, maintaining a healthy heart, Valentine's Day itself, marriage, raising awareness of erectile dysfunction, advocating for racial justice, loving yourself and others, organ/tissue donation, abolitionist Frederick Douglas, the League of Women Voters, preventing the theft of pets, cream-filled chocolates, appreciating libraries, Ferris wheels, and bonobos: World Marriage Day World Bonobo Day  Valentine's Day Read to Your Child Day Racial Justice Sunday Quirkyalone Day Pet Theft Awareness Day National Organ Donor Day National Impotence Day National Have a Heart Day National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day National Call in Single Day Library Lovers Day League of Women Voters Day International Book Giving Day Frederick Douglass Day Ferris Wheel Day Autism Sunday The abolitionist Frederick Douglass was born a slave on...