Today is Unicorn Day—or what celebrants call "the sparkliest holiday of the year." To honor the mythical horned beast, we bring you the next best thing: a pod of narwhals brandishing their tusks in the Arctic Ocean. Narwhals develop only two teeth, but—in males especially—the left canine can grow into a 9-foot-long spiraled tusk. The tusk juts right through the narwhal"s upper lip, lending the whale the nickname "unicorn of the sea."
Hooray, hooray, it s Unicorn Day!
Today in History
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Canada s $20 view
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A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
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Who left the tub running?
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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‘Think equal, build smart, innovate for change’
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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Next stop, Tofino
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Muskoxen in Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway
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World Meteorological Day
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Birds of the Drömling
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The power of the forest
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The Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve in Siberia, Russia
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Belgium celebrates its independence
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Carnival of Venice
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What’s blooming in New Zealand?
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Gateway to America
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Back on the rise
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Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
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Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
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World Sea Turtle Day
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Blackbird in Essex, England
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Staircase of turquoise pools
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Feel the spray in Monterey
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A lush, green escape
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Does it swim in slow motion too?
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Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
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Love blossoms
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Quiver trees in Namibia
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’Chess on ice’
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A city of bridges