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Animals of Romania Day leads today's complete edition for United States.
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You witness brown bears, Carpathian lynx, and gray wolves roaming Romania's forests and mountains. You notice that Romanian households most frequently keep dogs, cats, and sheep as pets and working animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
In Mexico, this commemorates the Battle of Puebla in 1862, where Mexican forces defeated the French. In America, it is an excuse to drink margaritas. In Puebla, Mexico, there is a military parade. In American bars, there are margarita specials and sombreros. The irony is that Cinco de Mayo is a bigger holiday in the United States than in Mexico, where Independence Day (September 16th) is the real celebration.
The day after Star Wars Day, celebrating the Sith. A lesser-known pun that exists because the internet cannot stop itself.