Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US following hantavirus outbreak
When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and more than 100 other passengers and crew were to travel across the South Atlantic
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The most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar, marking the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha. Observed across Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, and wherever Buddhist communities gather.
+2National Limerick Day
May 12th is Edward Lear's birthday — the Victorian poet who popularised the limerick form in his 1846 Book of Nonsense. The limerick's AABBA rhyme scheme is believed to date to 14th-century French poetry, but Lear made it immortal. A man from Nantucket famously misunderstood the assignment.
+1Saint Andrew the First-Called Day
Saint Andrew the First-Called Day is observed in Georgia (წმინდა მოციქულის ანდრია პირველწოდებულის საქართველოში შემოსვლის დღე). Recognized nationally.
International Nurses Day
Marks Florence Nightingale's birthday and the work of everyone who's ever held a hand through a 3 AM crisis. Buy a nurse a coffee.
