Google Maps marks Mario Day by adding a Super Mario Kart to your navigation

In case you missed the memo, tomorrow (March 10) is Mario Day — a day to celebrate the world’s favorite animated plumber. And to mark the occasion, Google has partnered with Mario’s maker Nintendo to bring the character to Google Maps for an entire week.

But why is March 10 Mario Day, we hear you ask? It’s perfectly simple: someone way back in the dusty ruins of time realized that “Mar 10” looks a little bit like “Mario” on paper, and thus that kinda made it Mario’s unofficial birthday.