At Wonderopolis®, we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) to honor lasting impacts and contributions, made by people with this heritage, in our world. We’ve organized these Wonders of the Day® to make this page easier to navigate. Have fun exploring and learning with these Wonders and the included activities.
Culture
- Wonder of the Day #192: What Are Sakura?
- Wonder of the Day #520: Can Fortune Cookies Predict the Future?
- Wonder of the Day #574: What Are Shadow Puppets?
- Wonder of the Day #1036: What Is Feng Shui?
- Wonder of the Day #1148:Where in the World Is Myanmar?
- Wonder of the Day #1154: Can Writing Be Art?
- Wonder of the Day #1400: How Do You Do the Dragon Dance?
- Wonder of the Day #1461: What Is Tai Chi?
- Wonder of the Day #1817: How Do You Play the Sitar?
- Wonder of the Day #1865: When Did Anime Begin?
- Wonder of the Day #2114: What Is Cosplay?
- Wonder of the Day #2288: Why Do Some Women Wear a Hijab?
- Wonder of the Day #2346: What Is Tuvan Throat Singing?
- Wonder of the Day #2518: What Are the Matariki “Teenage” Stars?
- Wonder of the Day #2642: What Is K-Pop?
- Wonder of the Day #2723: What Is Hinduism?
- Wonder of the Day #2806: What Is Heritage and Why Is It Important?
- Wonder of the Day #2808: What Is a Sari?
- Wonder of the Day #2903: What Was the Joseon Dynasty in Korea?
Food
- Wonder of the Day #363: Can You Fish For Sushi?
- Wonder of the Day #958: What Is Poi?
- Wonder of the Day #970: How Do You Eat with Chopsticks?
- Wonder of the Day #1029: Why Is It Called an Eggplant?
- Wonder of the Day #1847: What Is Wasabi?
- Wonder of the Day #2041: Have You Ever Tasted Jackfruit?
- Wonder of the Day #2167: What Is Kimchi?
- Wonder of the Day #2174: Have You Ever Tasted Tofu?
- Wonder of the Day #2269: Can You Eat Bioluminescent Creatures?
- Wonder of the Day #2291: Have You Ever Tasted Mochi?
- Wonder of the Day #2374: How Long Have People Been Drinking Tea?
- Wonder of the Day #2564: What Is Boba Tea?
Geography
- Wonder of the Day #465: Where Is the Highest Mountain?
- Wonder of the Day #644: Where Is the Forbidden City?
- Wonder of the Day #782: Where in the World Is Turkey?
- Wonder of the Day #861: Where Is the Fertile Crescent?
- Wonder of the Day #1056: Can You Ski in Hawaii?
- Wonder of the Day #1078: What Is an Archipelago?
- Wonder of the Day #1180: How Long Is the Great Wall of China?
- Wonder of the Day #1983: Where Is the Gobi Desert?
- Wonder of the Day #1221: Is the Dead Sea Deadly?
- Wonder of the Day #2082: Where Is Siberia?
- Wonder of the Day #2088: Where Is the 38th Parallel?
- Wonder of the Day #2137: What’s So Special About Socotra?
- Wonder of the Day #2163: Where Is the World’s Largest Cave?
- Wonder of the Day #2226: Where Is Heaven’s Gate?
- Wonder of the Day #2249:Where Is Lake Baikal?
- Wonder of the Day #2263: Have You Ever Been to Hong Kong?
- Wonder of the Day #2271: Where in the World Is Vanuatu?
- Wonder of the Day #2304: What is the Taj Mahal?
- Wonder of the Day #2318: Can You Carve a City Out of Rock?
- Wonder of the Day #2416: Where Can You Find a Cave Full of Glowworms?
- Wonder of the Day #2482: What Happened to Zealandia?
- Wonder of the Day #2644: What Was the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
Historical Figures
- Wonder of the Day #1662: Who Was the First Emperor of China?
- Wonder of the Day #1763: Who Was Hammurabi?
- Wonder of the Day #2066: Who Was Muhammad?
- Wonder of the Day #2190: Who Was the Buddha?
- Wonder of the Day #2369: Who Were the Samurai?
- Wonder of the Day #2598: Who Was Bruce Lee?
- Wonder of the Day #2683: Who Was Mother Teresa?
- Wonder of the Day #2468: Who Was Confucius?
- Wonder of the Day #2608: Who Was Genghis Khan?
- Wonder of the Day #2689: Who Was the Black Samurai?
Holidays
- Wonder of the Day #2646: What Is Anzac Day?
- Wonder of the Day #2827: What Are the Five Days of Diwali?
- Wonder of the Day #2870: Do You Celebrate Holi?
- Wonder of the Day #2592: What Is Eid?
Inventions
- Wonder of the Day #157: Who Invented the Kite?
- Wonder of the Day #323: How Do You Hula?
- Wonder of the Day #520: Can Fortune Cookies Predict the Future?
- Wonder of the Day #609:How Do You Zorb?
- Wonder of the Day #806: Do You Wear Cool Shades?
- Wonder of the Day #995: Do You Karaoke?
- Wonder of the Day #2540: What Is Gallium Used For?
Literature
- Wonder of the Day #70: What Is a Haiku?
- Wonder of the Day #1259: Where Do Dragons Live?
- Wonder of the Day #2521: Are Graphic Novels Books?
Monumental Firsts
- Wonder of the Day #787: What Is a Sherpa?
- Wonder of the Day #2776: What Did Junko Tabei Climb?
- Wonder of the Day #2872: Who Was Patsy Mink?
- Wonder of the Day #2811: Who Was Shakuntala Devi?
Sports
- Wonder of the Day #926: What Are Martial Arts?
- Wonder of the Day #2080: How Many Countries Participate in the Olympics?
- Wonder of the Day #2429: How Do You Play Rugby?
- Wonder of the Day #2866: Can You Play Snooker?
This list is not inclusive of all of the great contributions that the incredible AAPI community have made to our world. So, if you are WONDERing about a topic we haven’t covered, submit a question to the Wonder Bank for a chance to inspire an all-new Wonder of the Day.
Stay curious,
Team Wonderopolis