Today is...
National Candy Day!

Humans have been eating candies and sweet confections for thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians preserved nuts and fruits in honey, and the Aztecs and Mayans consumed chocolate during religious rituals as early as 300 AD.
Today, there are thousands of different types of candy, all with their own unique history. For example, did you know that Tootsie Rolls were created by Leo Hirshfield of New York in 1896? He named them after his daughter, who was nicknamed "Tootsie." The average American eats twenty-five pounds of candy each year. That may seem like a lot, but the average person in Denmark eats thirty-six pounds each year!
Whether you like chocolate, caramels, hard candy, or marzipan, treat yourself to something delicious to celebrate National Candy Day!

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November is Family Literacy Month & National Pet Adoption Month & National Pomegranate Month & Peanut Butter Lover's Month

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History for November 4th 2008 -  Proposition 8 passes in California, revoking state recognition of LGBT marriages. 2008 - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States.  1970 - Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.  1952 - The United States government establishes the National Security Agency.    1847 - Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anesthetic properties of chloroform.  ______________________________________________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." -- Aristotle