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International Skeptics Day

International Skeptics Day is held on October 13. This event in the second decade of the month October is annual.

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Do you question everything and never accept things at their face value? Then, International Skeptics Day on October 13 is the holiday for you. Question everything on International Skeptics Day. This unofficial holiday is sometimes also celebrated on January 13.

A questioning mind is as fundamental to human progress as the scientific method. Empiricism and most of the West’s legal philosophies have roots in a combination of naturalist and contrarian principles.

Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts

International Newspaper Carrier Day on October 12 (Held on the Saturday of the first full week of October);

World Bone and Joint Week on October 12;

World Economist Day on October 12 (the day when outstanding representatives of the profession are awarded a prize by decision of the Nobel Committee);

Fall World Migratory Bird Day on October 12 (Held on the second Saturday of May and October with the support of the United Nations Environment Program - UNEP);

European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation on October 12 (The European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation (#EODD; takes place to raise awareness on the importance of organ, tissue and cell donation as a way to improve and save lives);