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Today's observance is a world-wide occasion to remember Douglas Adams, author of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy , a book which Adams referred to as a "trilogy in five parts", a radio series, a television series, a video game, a movie - well you get the idea concerning it's popularity. The first Towel Day occured in 2001 days after Adams' death. Here's a brief excerpt from H2G2, the BBC television series, explaining the Pangalactic Gargle Blaster... And here's Douglas Adams in what is touted as his last interview. Hope you're wearing your towel today!

One day to go until Towel Day. Here's a clip featuring Douglas Adams explaining the many different versions of Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy...

The frood in question is Ford Prefect and you have to be a fan of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, known as H2G2 in some circles, to know where this is leading. You see Douglas Adams, the creator of H2G2, died May 11, 2001 and two weeks later on May 25 the first Towel Day was celebrated to honour Douglas and his fascinating piece of science-fiction. Why Towel Day? Well, it stems from this excerpt from the book: A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or