Today is Friday August 27, 2010
Banana Lover's Day
Did you know that bananas were once considered a very exotic, hard to find fruit? Today, they are grown in 132 countries worldwide and the average person eats about 33 pounds of bananas a year!
Bananas are also extremely healthy fruits. Their high fiber and potassium content may help prevent high blood pressure and its complications, as well as help protect against renal calcium loss, peptic ulcers, vitamin A deficiency, and kidney cancer.
Banana lovers unite, today is your day to celebrate this delectable fruit. So pick, peel, and enjoy Banana Lover's Day!
Today is also Global Forgiveness Day
"Images and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/
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On this day in History:
| 1858 - The first cabled news dispatch was sent and was published by "The New York Sun" newspaper. The story was about the peace demands of England and France being met by China. 1859 - The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, PA. 1912 - Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan of the Apes" was published for the first time. 1962 - Mariner 2 was launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flew past Venus. 1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the first citizen to go into space would be a teacher. The teacher that was eventually chosen was Christa McAuliffe. She died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. 1986 - Nolan Ryan, while with the Houston Astros, earned his 250th career win against the Chicago Cubs. |
Quote of the Day:
"We tend not to choose the unknown, which might be a shock or disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope with. And yet it is the unknown with all its disappointments and surprises that is the most enriching." --Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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