Baked Alaska Day
Baked Alaska Day falls on February 1, and the dessert works because beaten egg white is one of the better insulators available in a kitchen.
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Decorating With Candy Day
Decorating With Candy Day falls on February 1, and gingerbread houses stand up because bakers borrowed a structural adhesive from the confectionery trade.
Dump Your Significant Jerk Day
Dump Your Significant Jerk Day falls on February 1, positioned two weeks before Valentine's Day on the theory that it is better to end things before buying the card.
National Freedom Day
National Freedom Day falls on February 1, marking Lincoln's 1865 signing of the resolution that became the Thirteenth Amendment, and honoring Richard Robert Wright Sr., who campaigned for the day.
National Serpent Day
National Serpent Day falls on February 1, an invitation to look at snakes as the highly specialized predators they are rather than the threat most people assume.
Robinson Crusoe Day
Robinson Crusoe Day falls on February 1, the date the real castaway was rescued in 1709, and his story differs from the novel in almost every particular.