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A recent study by LG Electronics reveals that the average person spends more than 78,000 hours in front of the television in their lifetime. Is that enough time to watch all the new shows on Netflix? On today's Television Day, you can treat yourself to a movie marathon without a guilty conscience. Don't forget the popcorn!

Let's celebrate this day with our children or wake up the child inside us – let's play board games, enjoy educational videos, jump into a nearby puddle or go down the slide.

World Toilet Day emphasizes the importance of access to toilets and the importance of hygiene and health. Did you know that more people in the world own mobile phones than toilets?

One of the main tasks of modern philosophy is to contribute to a more lasting, better, and fairer world. So, on this day, go and attend training for environmental ethics and sustainable development and embark on the path of finding sustainable solutions.

World Students Day is a symbol of all students and their efforts towards respecting human rights and creating a more democratic society. Let this day encourage you to think about your mission and responsibility to the community. Therefore, actively participate and strive for better conditions for education, increased youth social position and overall better society.

Among other things, globalization brings multiculturalism. This day is dedicated to raising awareness of respecting different cultures, beliefs, and traditions. What can you do to improve the attitude towards immigrants living in your local environment?

Choose the most colourful and funky socks you have in your closet and make yourself an eye-catching day.

Polygenic disease or diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which the blood sugar level is too high. Its incidence is rising sharply. More than 1.1 million children and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes. This year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, which is the only effective way to fight diabetes.

Today we celebrate World Kindness Day. It is the day when we want to be kind and receive kindness in return. Therefore: surprise someone with random acts of kindness, smile at a stranger and offer them help if they need it, help the elderly across the street, and be kind to animals and the environment.

It's time to find your favourite bar for drinks and appetizers of your choice and enjoy every minute of their happy hour. Try a drink you've never had before. But make sure you drink responsibly.

Slovenia is a country of superb wines, so the wine festival, Martinovo, is celebrated by Slovenes all week long. Toast with your friends in a slightly different way - go on a wine experience with a wine tasting or visit the oldest vine in the world in Maribor, from which sweet grapes have been picked for more than four centuries.

World Science Day for Peace and Development, which we celebrate every November 10, emphasizes the vital role of science in society and the need to involve the general public in discussions on emerging scientific issues. Attend today's events and learn about the importance of science in our daily lives.

Today, in more than thirty countries around the world, World Urbanism Day is celebrated to make people aware of the role planning and creating urban settlements has. Visit the Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana, one of the oldest museums of architecture and design in Europe or take a walk through the beautiful Slovenian urban areas designed by exceptional architects and urban planners Maks Fabiani, Jože Plečnik, Edvard Ravnikar and Edo Mihevc.

The Slovenian mermaid, Alenka Artnik, set a new world record on this day in 2000. She reached 114 m in the freediving monofin discipline in Sharm El-Sheikh. On July 22 in 2021, she broke her own record in Long Island when she touched bottom at 122 m.