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Celebrate Maple Syrup Day
Oh, hey! Did you know that maple syrup had its own holiday? No? Neither did we! So, before we delve into the history of and the most popular thing to put on pancakes, waffles, French toast and more, let us take a moment to thank the maple trees for the sap that becomes the sweet syrup we know and love today! That’s the whole focus of Maple Syrup Day!
History of Maple Syrup Day
Maple Syrup Day was created to celebrate the amber substance we have all come to know and love. While the maple syrup that we all know today is almost always manufactured in Canada, but even the United States has its own maple syrup production area, and that area is in Vermont.
Maple syrup is a syrup that’s usually made from the xylem sap of a sugar maple, red maple, or black maple tree, although it can be made from other species of maple. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before the winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in late winter and early spring.
Maple trees are tapped by drilling holes into their trunks and collecting the exuded sap, which is processed by heating to evaporate much of the water, leaving the concentrated syrup. In earlier times, maple syrup was first collected and used by the indigenous people of North America and according to aboriginal oral traditions, as well as archaeological evidence, maple tree sap was being processed into syrup long before the Europeans arrived in the region.
Legends exist of when maple syrup was first created, one of the more popular legends tells of how maple sap was used in place of water to cook venison served to the chief of the tribe. Skip ahead to the future and you have the Canadian province of Quebec, which is by far the largest producer of maple syrup, contributing to more than seventy five percent of the world’s output.
Joke of the Day
Two boys were walking home from Sunday school after hearing a strong preaching on the devil. One said to the other, 'What do you think about all this Satan stuff?'
The other boy replied, 'Well, you know how Santa Claus turned out. It's probably just your Dad.'
Word of the Day
polydipsia
MEANING:noun: Excessive or abnormal thirst.
ETYMOLOGY:From Greek poly- (much, many) + dipsa (thirst). Earliest documented use: 1661.
USAGE:“Patients with psychogenic polydipsia were driven to drink excessively: Sinks had to be disabled. Toilets drained. In the worst cases, like this one, the heart failed due to fluid overload.”
Dustin Thomason; 12.21: A Novel; Dial Press; 2012.
Dustin Thomason; 12.21: A Novel; Dial Press; 2012.
Idiom of the Day
What does 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away' mean?
Eating healthy food keeps you healthy.
Eating healthy food keeps you healthy.
This Day in History
1791 - A traffic regulation in New York City established the first street to go "One Way."
1903 - The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight.
1959 - The film "On the Beach" premiered in New York City and in 17 other cities. It was the first motion picture to debut simultaneously in major cities around the world.
1965 - Judy Garland and The Supremes became first artists to perform at the Astrodome in Houston, TX.
1969 - Television history was made when Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger were married on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.
1976 - WTCG-TV, Atlanta, GA, changed its call letters to WTBS, and was uplinked via satellite. The station became the first commercial TV station to cover the entire U.S.
1986 - Davina Thompson became the world's first recipient of a heart, lungs, and liver transplant.
2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence gathering in 50 years. The bill aimed to tighten borders and aviation security. It also created a federal counterterrorism center and a new intelligence director.
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If You Were Born Today, December 17
You are a leader at heart--whether you choose to lead or not, others naturally follow, turning to you for insightful and unique advice as well. You are articulate and sociable, and while a breezy manner might suggest otherwise, you have a strong business sense, possess keen organizational skills, and you are rather ambitious. You also admire others with a strong work ethic and may easily go into business with a romantic partner. Intuitive and compassionate, you have a philosophical or religious side to you that is not always apparent. Famous people born today:
1929 William Safire, American political columnist (NY Times) and speech writer (Nixon), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)
1930 Bob Guccione, American publisher (Penthouse, Omni), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2010)
1936 Pope Francis [Jorge Mario Bergoglio], Catholic Pope (2013-) 1st Jesuit pope, 1st from the Americas and 1st non-European pope since Syrian Gregory III in 741, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1953 Bill Pullman, American actor (Sommersby, League of their Own, Independence Day), born in Hornell, New York
1975 Milla Jovovich, Russian born American actress (The Fifth Element, Resident Evil), born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
1978 Manny [Emmanuel Dapidran] Pacquiao, Filipino boxer (first ever eight-division world champion), born in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines
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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
Another Marilyn Monroe myth was that she was a blonde. In fact, the actress famed for her platinum blond curls actually was a dark haired brunette. She first dyed her hair blonde after being told that models with lighter colored hair were preferable, so bleached it to golden blonde and later adjusted this a total of nine times until she settled on platinum blonde. As Monroe later stated, “There’s only one sort of natural blonde on earth – albinos.”
Milk is white thanks to a protein called casein, which makes up about 80% of the proteins in milk. Casein scatters and deflects light more or less uniformly throughout the visual spectrum, so milk looks white to us.
- The Berlin Wall was created to stop people from East Germany defecting to West Germany. Before it was put in place, between 1949 and 1961, an estimated 3.5 million people from East Germany managed to cross the border without going through the Eastern emigration system. The Berlin Wall effectively stopped this, cutting the illegal defections down to around 5,000 over the course of the following few decades before the wall was torn down in 1989.
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The first successful gasoline-powered manned airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, NC. On this day. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight.
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- The Berlin Wall was created to stop people from East Germany defecting to West Germany. Before it was put in place, between 1949 and 1961, an estimated 3.5 million people from East Germany managed to cross the border without going through the Eastern emigration system. The Berlin Wall effectively stopped this, cutting the illegal defections down to around 5,000 over the course of the following few decades before the wall was torn down in 1989.
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