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Daymation is packed with historical events, medical marvels, holiday origins, bigwig birthdays, cultural curiosities, brain bogglers, obscure inventions, road trip oddities, amazing animals, celebrity capers, murder mysteries, bizarre battles, and a whole host of strange-but-true stories.

The holidays keep coming year round with an impressive assortment of celebrations from far and wide. Discover why Australians commemorate the arrival of shiploads of convicts to their island nation. Learn the nitty-gritty behind the battle for the Bastille that marks France's national day. Get the inside scoop on the scandal behind Columbus Day.
An international smorgasbord of holidays are all covered in detail, including China's Lantern Festival, India's Diwali, and Scotland's Hogmanay.
An international smorgasbord of holidays are all covered in detail, including China's Lantern Festival, India's Diwali, and Scotland's Hogmanay.
Major sporting events from coast-to-coast and country-to-country are also featured in Daymation. Basketball, soccer, golf, American football, baseball, hockey, cricket, mixed martial arts, tennis, swimming, and surfing all get their day in the sun.
Discover how the Super Bowl got its name from a child's toy, why cricket's greatest living player treasures thirteen low-value coins, and where surfers take on 60-foot waves.
Discover how the Super Bowl got its name from a child's toy, why cricket's greatest living player treasures thirteen low-value coins, and where surfers take on 60-foot waves.

Don't be surprised if after soaking up a year's worth of material, you suddenly find the game show Jeopardy to be hopelessly pedestrian. The varied stories presented in Daymation are perfect fodder for mealtime conversation or water-cooler banter.
