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In 2024, the holiday of Mardi Gras will be celebrated on this day

Today! Feb 13th, 2024

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The flavour of pink Starburst candy

Strawberry

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This year, Lunar New Year was celebrated Feb 10. This was the animal of the Chinese Zodiac that was commemorated this year. 

The Dragon

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A kiss where one partner is suspended upside-down, named for the movie in which it appears

Spider-Man kiss

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This British colonial explorer was killed in Hawaii on Feb 14th, 1779, stabbed right in the chest

Captain James Cook

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A sweet ring of bread served during the Mardi Gras season, which usually has a small toy baby hidden somewhere inside

King Cake

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The cutie mark symbol on Pinkie Pie, from My Little Pony

Balloons

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February was selected as Black History Month because it is the birth month of these two famous figures

Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

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The artist who released the song 'Kiss', with lyrics such as, 'You don't have to be rich to be my girl/You don't have to be cool to rule my world/Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with/I just want your extra time'

Prince

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An academy-award winning thriller staring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins was released Feb 14th, 1991

Silence of the Lambs

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A Christian holiday immediately following Mardi Gras, marking the beginning of Lent

Ash Wednesday

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The name of the inspector who pursues the Pink Panther

Inspector Clouseau

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This is the date (day, month and year) of the next upcoming Leap Day

Feb 29th, 2024 (This year!)

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Heath Ledger nearly broke Jake Gyllenhaal's nose while filming a kiss scene in this movie

Brokeback Mountain

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Feb 14th, 1876, this inventor applied for a patent for the 

Alexander Graham Bell

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In New Orleans, one celebrity dresses up each year as this Roman God to preside over particular floats at the Mardi Gras parade

Bacchus

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A cocktail made from gin, applejack, grenadine, egg white, lemon juice and a maraschino cherry

Pink Lady

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These are the two zodiac signs that fall in the month of February

Aquarius and Pisces

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A song by the Arkells, containing the lyrics, 'At a time you were kissing me/The camera found chemistry/Cheering for us in the cheap seats/Driving home I can see you stare at me differently/We're stuck in the nosebleeds baby'

'Kiss Cam'

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This iconic horror story starring Bela Lugosi is released, Feb 14th, 1931

Dracula

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Mardi Gras translates to this in French

Fat Tuesday

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A city in India, nicknamed the 'Pink City'

Jaipur

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The groundhog who forecasts every Feb 2nd, Groundhog Day, in Wiarton, Ontario

Wiarton Willie

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The painter of The Kiss, an oil painting with gold leaf first exhibited in Vienna in 1908

Gustav Klimt

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A famous clone, who died at the age of 6, on Feb 14th, 2003

Dolly the Sheep