Special events and other funny days

On November 17, 2010, Jimmy Kimmel went on his nightly talk show to announce that it was National Unfriend Day. In this digital age, we’ve reached a threshold of social connections.

Does your friend from elementary school who you haven’t spoken to in twenty years really need to be your Facebook friend? Do you really want to see the Instagram posts of that guy you met in line for the bathroom at that party in college? How about even that center for your favorite basketball team that you follow on Twitter who retired three years ago – is it important to see how they’re handling being retired at 35?

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International Men's Day is a newer anniversary, which draws attention to men, their rights and their qualities. Men's Day takes place on 19 November every year.

The day was adopted in Trinidad and Tobago in 1999. It has the support of the UN and is organized according to its own website in Trinidad, Tobago, Jamaica, Norge, Australia, India, USA, Singapore, Storbritannia, Ghana, Canada, Denmark, Austria, England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Pakistan, Grenada, Antigua og Barbuda, Malta og South-Afrika.

World Toilet Day is held on November 19 every year (is it a coincidence that it is the same day as Men's Day?).
In 2001, the WTO declared November 19 as World Toilet Day. Today the day is celebrated in more than 19 countries.

World Toilet Day is all about celebrating toilets for everything they do for us – from taking away our waste to protecting our health, safety and dignity.

November 23rd is National Polyamory Day. On that day in 2011, BC’s Supreme Court ruled that Canada’s so called “anti-polygamy law” does not apply to unformalized polyamorous households – clarifying that polyamory, as it is typically practiced in Canada, is legal and not a criminal act.

Polyamorous people have multiple loving, intentional, and intimate relationships at the same time. Polyamory is a type of open or non-monogamous relationship that follows certain guidelines. Polyamory specifically refers to people who have multiple romantic relationships at the same time.