National day calendar

Today is national hot dog, lottery, tattoo, world emoji, yellow pig, wrong way corrigan and peach ice cream day. Yellow pig day is actually to honor the number 17. Its only called that because the two students who created it needed a mascot.

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  • tay
    64. Peach ice cream!!
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    Carrie R Devoe Litty
    I was going to ask about the yellow pig. 
  • Amy fung yee Leung
    thanks for sharing, I didn't know that!
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    Shirley Miao
    Why are so many things on one day?
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    Shirley Miao
    Why is the number 17 important or significant?
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      Nicole Comstock
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      These are some reasons on the website:
      1.If you add the first 4 prime numbers together you get 17
      2. The average school bus weighs 17 tons with passengers inside
      3. The atomic numbet of chlorine is 17
      4. Pebble Beach has a specific road known as 17 mile drive along the Montetey Peninsula in CA, however the exact length is 16.78 miles
      5. The 17th Amendment of the US Constitution gave citizens the right to elect senators by popular vote
      
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    Shirley Miao
    I'm here for the peach ice cream.