Today is...

Banana Lovers Day

It's Banana Lovers Day! Today we celebrate one of the most popular fruits in the world. Did you know that the average person eats about 33 pounds of bananas a year? That's approximately 100 individual bananas per person!

Bananas are high in fiber and potassium. These properties can help prevent calcium loss, ulcers, high blood pressure, and certain kinds of cancer. Although bananas are often pictured as growing on trees, the banana “tree” is actually an herb. The banana is the fruit of this herb.

To celebrate Banana Lovers Day, grab a bunch of bananas to share with family and friends. Fry them, grill them, add them to a s'more, or just enjoy them plain. Have fun!

Today is also Global Forgiveness Day

 August is National Goat Cheese Month & National Peach Month & National Water Quality Month

This week is Burning Man

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History for August 27   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. _________________________________________________________ "Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by an indomitable urge to extend its boundaries." --Jose Ortega y Gasset