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🦘 World Jump Day – 20th July (Global)

🦘 World Jump Day – 20 th July (Global) Celebrating Movement, Environmental Awareness, and the Joy of Jumping World Jump Day, July 20, Torsten Lauschmann, environmental awareness, physical activity, global warming awareness, fitness, jumping exercise, World Jump Day history Every year on 20 July , people around the world celebrate World Jump Day , a unique and lighthearted observance that combines fun, movement, and environmental awareness. Created in 2006 by German artist Torsten Lauschmann , the event began as a creative social experiment designed to spark conversations about climate change and humanity's relationship with the planet. Although the original idea—that millions of people jumping simultaneously could alter Earth's orbit and help combat global warming—was scientifically impossible, the event quickly gained attention for its imaginative approach to raising awareness. Today, World Jump Day is celeb...
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Pottery is the craft of making ceramic material into pots or potterywares using mud. Major types of potterywares include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made by a potter is called a pottery (plural "potteries"). The technical definition of pottery used by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) is "all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products.

Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions, originating before the Neolithic period, with ceramic objects like the Gravettian culture Venus of DolnΓ­ VΔ›stonice figurine discovered in the Czech Republic date back to 29,000–25,000 BC, and pottery vessels that were discovered in Jiangxi, China, which date back to 18,000 BC. Early Neolithic pottery have been found in places such as Jomon Japan (10,500 BC), the Russian Far East (14,000 BC), Sub-Saharan Africa and South America.
Pottery is made by forming a ceramic (often clay) body into objects of a required shape and heating them to high temperatures in a kiln which removes all the water from the clay, which induces reactions that lead to permanent changes including increasing their strength and hardening and setting their shape. A clay body can be decorated before or after firing; however, prior to some shaping processes, clay must be prepared. Kneading helps to ensure an even moisture content throughout the body. Air trapped within the clay body needs to be removed. This is called de-airing and can be accomplished either by a machine called a vacuum pug or manually by wedging. Wedging can also help produce an even moisture content. Once a clay body has been kneaded and de-aired or wedged, it is shaped by a variety of techniques. After shaping, it is dried and then fired.
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🍊 National Grand Marnier Day – 14th July (US)

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