World Car-Free Day is a very important holiday on the environmental calendar. Every September 22, governments, green groups and ordinary citizens highlight the damage cars are doing to the Earth. The day is a reminder that we do not need to rely so m

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World Hemophilia Day (WHD) started in 1989 as a way to raise awareness of the disorder and to bring attention to the needs of those who suffer from it. The reason its on April 17 is because thats the birthday of the World Foundation for Hemophilia (W

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World Intellectual Property Day takes place on April 26 every year. It was on this day in 1970 that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being. It organizes many of the awareness campaigns that happen on World Intellectual Pr

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World Penguin Day happens on or around April 25th each year. This is the time when millions of penguins migrate north. Unlike other birds that migrate each year, penguins do not fly. Instead, they walk, or waddle to their new home and breeding ground

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April 14 is Plant Appreciation Day (PAD). This is when you appreciate just how important plants are to us. Few of us ever stop to think just how vital plants are to our survival. Without them, we wouldnt be here. Plants change the CO2 in the air into

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Do you ever stop to think about your television? Well, there is a special day to do this. World Television Day started on November 21, 1998. The United Nations General Assembly decided there should be a day to commemorate one of the most revolutionar

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Self-injury Awareness Day is on March 1 every year. This day is to raise awareness of the mental health problem of self-injury. People talk about why they choose to injure themselves in the hope they may prevent others from doing so. Organizations al

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World Tai Chi and Qigong Day is an annual event held on the last Saturday of April each year. Its aim is to promote practices of Tai Chi and Qigong. In particular, followers of Tai Chi and Qigong hope to educate the world about the health benefits of

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Millions of people are alive today because they received the blood given by another person. June 14 is World Blood Donor Day. This is the day on which we can say thank you to those who give blood. Every country raises awareness of the importance of g

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World Population Day is observed annually on July 11. Its aim is to raise awareness of global population problems. The event started in 1989 in response to the worlds population reaching five billion two years earlier. The United Nations Development

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World Chocolate Day must be one of the best holidays in the world. Its such a great idea. It could be the most celebrated holiday in the world. Everyone loves chocolate. It is probably the most popular food ever. It is also probably the most popular

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Newspaper Carrier Day is an important day to celebrate one of societys forgotten workers the newspaper carrier. Every day, thousands of newspaper girls and boys get up early and carry heavy bags of newspapers around the streets. They deliver our news

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World Mental Health Day is on October the 10th every year. It was started by the World Federation for Mental Health in 1992. The MentalHealth.org website says: It is a unified effort to promote greater public awareness and understanding of mental hea

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Hi, I'm Paddy Kim. From home theaters to plush sofas, hands down the family room is the coolest place to relax. But what makes this area such an amazing retreat for entertainment could also be adding dollars to your power bill and be affecting your h

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Simple Plan: Singing Exactly How We Feel Simple Plan consists of five members: Pierre Bouvier -- Lead vocals, Charles Comeau AKA 1 Chuck--Drums, Jeff Stinco--Lead guitar, David Desrosiers--Bass and ba

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美国一项最新健康报告指出,餐馆和小食店所提供的大多数食物含盐量过高,超过推荐的人体必需摄入量,这将造成健康问题。 中老年人如果每日摄入的盐量过多,还会造成高血压等疾

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希拉里周日头晕突袭,跌跌撞撞离场,引发公众对其健康状况的强烈担忧。即使公布自己只是患了肺炎,希拉里这一晕还是晕出好些麻烦。更有阴谋论者宣称后来现身的希拉里是个冒牌货。脑

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Food and Health The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty

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Your birthday may be more important than you think when it comes your health. 考虑到健康因素,你的生日可能比你想象的更重要。 Scientists at Columbia University used an algorithm to identify significant associations between the t

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省时高效法 Make Lists 制定计划 Lists are great for just about everything: groceries, errands, homework assignments. Free up some brain space by putting everything you need to get done on a list. Better yet, buy a small notebook and keep a ru

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