Today is...
National Popcorn Day
It’s
National Popcorn Day! Americans eat about 16 billion quarts of popcorn
each year (about 51 quarts per person), which makes it one of the most
popular snacks in the country. It is also one of the oldest.
Popcorn
has been around for centuries. It is one of six main varieties of corn.
(The others are pod, sweet, flour, dent, and flint.) Popcorn originated
in Mexico, but eventually made its way north. In 1948, archaeologists
in the state of New Mexico discovered ancient popcorn ears that were at
least 5,600 years old! The Native Americans (in both North and South
America) popped their corn by throwing it on hot stones over a fire.
Today,
we rely heavily on microwaveable popcorn, which was introduced in the
1980s. To celebrate National Popcorn Day, make your favorite kind of
popcorn and enjoy it while watching a movie with your friends!
January is
Get Organized Month & National Oatmeal Month
mages and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/
for January 19 1883 - Thomas Edison's first village electric lighting system using overhead wires began operation in Roselle, NJ. 1949 - The salary of the President of the United States was increased from $75,000 to $100,000 with an additional $50,000 expense allowance for each year in office. 1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy. 1957 - Johnny Cash made his first network TV appearance, on CBS' "Jackie Gleason Show." 1966 - Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India. |
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"Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think."
--Alexander Pope
"Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think."
--Alexander Pope
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