Every day should be raccoon appreciation day

October 1 was officially 'International Raccoon Appreciation Day,' for those of you who love to love the adorable trash panda. Around here, honestly, every day is raccoon appreciation day, so it's an 'International Day' I can genuinely get behind.
National Day Calendar explains the origins of the day:

In 2002, a young girl in California wanted to highlight the good points about the raccoon instead of the bad ones.

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