AM: July 20, 2019
You may have heard, but today is the 50th anniversary of the first time man walked on the moon. It was a HUGE deal–for one thing, it was kind of a competition between us and Russia (who was the other…
PM: July 19, 2019
When someone tells you “Good luck”, do you actually believe in luck? Here are a few ways people around the world think good luck comes to them (this is a bit long, but they’re pretty interesting, so be patient): In…
PM: July 18, 2019
Fun fact #2 for the day: In 1962, the carmaker Volvo came up with a new seat belt design that would make them much safer… and they gave away the patent (which makes it to where only they can use…
AM: July 18, 2019
Fun fact for the day: England is ruled by royalty, the current queen is Queen Elizabeth II, who has been queen since 1952–that’s a long time! But a surprising fact about her is that she wanted to help out during…
PM: July 17, 2019
Fun fact for the day: There is a “League of Extraordinary Communities”–it includes the cities of Boring (Oregon), Dull (Scotland) and Bland Shire (Australia). I like that–just because their names were boring, they made it into something unique. Kind of…
PM: July 16, 2019
The first set of laws was the Law Code of Hammurabi, who was a ruler in ancient Babylonia, back in the time of the Old Testament. It was a set of laws to say what the penalty for stealing was,…
AM: July 16, 2019
You may have noticed some ideas we repeat a lot on stripedpantalones–one of them is how big God is. Considering that He is the LORD Almighty, it makes sense that we talk about that often. One thing that God is…
PM: July 15, 2019
If you had to count up how many toys you have, how long would it take you? Think about counting every stuffed animal, car, doll–I’m guessing it would be quite a job. Today is National Give Something Away Day. Do…
PM: July 14, 2019
Sorry–we’ve had some technical difficulties the last two days, so some posts are missing. We think we solved the problem, but sometimes, things are out of your control and you just gotta roll with it. We think we are in…
AM: July 13, 2019
Okay, okay–I know we’ve had a lot of the National Day of’s lately, but this one is too big to ignore–today is National French Fry Day. Any excuse to eat fries is a big deal, right? According to legends, French…