Canada Edition
World Borrowed Tool Day leads today's complete edition for Canada.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for the neighborly economy of ladders, pans, cords, books, advice, and returning things better than you found them.
The Bengal Subah is the richest province of the Mughal Empire. The muslin of Dhaka is so fine that the British will call it woven wind. The rice paddies feed millions. The rivers are highways. The Portuguese, the Dutch, and the British are all trading in Hughli and the wealth is extraordinary.
The chocolate advent calendars appear in every grocery store and every Canadian child receives one. The daily chocolate is small and disappointing and every Canadian child eats three doors ahead anyway. The grown-ups buy the expensive ones with whisky or cheese or beer behind the doors, because adulthood is realizing the calendar was always the best part.
You find jaguars, giant anteaters, and pink river dolphins as the most iconic wildlife native to Bolivia. You commonly see dogs, cats, and guinea pigs kept as pets in Bolivian households. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.