April 20 - Pale Blue Dot Day - Science Holiday / Party Day

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April 20 of every year, can we make it a Science themed holiday, Pale Blue Dot?

In the spirit of Mr. X, Carl Sagan? https://www.theguardian.com/science/1999/aug/24/spaceexploration

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In the spirit of Saint Patrick's Day, March 17 of every year...
In the spirit of Cinco de Mayo, May 5th of every year....
May the 4th, Star Wars fiction science every year...

April 20 of every year, 4/20. A science-themed holiday. Science contests and demonstrations? Favorite non-fiction science films and TV series (Cosmos?)? Lab equipment of science to make bongs? Recruit children to learn and study science and the joy of learning?

Carl Sagan also was a supporter of weed, Mr. X: https://www.theguardian.com/science/1999/aug/24/spaceexploration

Can we make this a thing?!

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“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light‐years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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Mr. X was Carl Sagan, April 20 every year, please help originate a new Science Holiday / Party Day / Festival Day! Pale Blue Dot Day

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Carl Sagan had a pen name "Mr. X"

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.” - Carl Sagan, Cosmos, page 2, 1980