5 Things You Need to Know Today: Jan. 20

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations.

1. It's Penguin Awareness Day, which is a perfect day in this cold weather to honor our feathery friends. Whether you want to pick up a book or movie about them, you can stop by the or even pick up a stuffed penguin at the . If you want to see one today, you'd have to travel to Boston or Mystic, CT to the closest aquariums. And if you're ambitious, you can walk like a penguin.

2. Two presidents were inaugurated on this day in 1937 and 1981. Can you name the presidents? Tell us in the comments.

3. Get moving with your kids at the Music 'n Motion at the Shrewsbury Public Library, at 10 a.m., 609 Main St.

4. If you love writing, stop by the Shrewsbury Senior Writers Fridays group, at 10 a.m. at the , 98 Maple Ave.

5. Grab your needles and some yarn and head to the Teen Knitting Camp, at 3:30 p.m., at the Shrewsbury Public Library.