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FFF – French Fries
FAB FRENCH FRIES! 🍟🍟 In America, they are French Fries, in the UK they are “chips” and in my home of France, they are called “frites”. The Spanish, French, and Belgians all claim to have invented them. Food fight!! French Fries come in about 15 different styles, amongst them a fries shaped like a happy…
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FFF – Ice Cream
ICE CREAM 🍦🍦 The first ice cream-like treat was first eaten in China around 200BC when a milk and rice mixture was frozen by packing it into snow. By the 1600’s it was a delicacy amongst the elite in Europe. Nancy Donaldson was awarded the first patent for a hand-cranked ice cream freezer in 1843.…
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FFF – Mighty Moose
FUN FACT FRIDAY! THE MIGHTY MOOSE! Moose are the largest species of deer in the world, a male bull averaging 1500 pounds! Male moose will shed their antlers every winter and grow them back even bigger in the spring. Moose love the water and often feed on aquatic vegetation. In Canada during the winter, motorists…
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FFF- Bubble Gum
BUBBLE GUM! Bubble gum was invented by Walter Diemer in 1928. His gum was pink because it was the only color available to him. The amount of gum sold in one year in the US would make a stick 3.5 million miles, enough reach the moon and back 7 times. Chewing gum is thought to…
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FFF- Futbol
SOCCER! Football, otherwise known as soccer (slang for association football) in the US, is the most popular sport in the world. A similar game was played in China called cuju around 206 BC. The soccer field became known as “the pitch” due to a slope built into most fields. There is no uniform size to…
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FFF – Roses
ROSES! Cultivation of roses began around 500 BC, resulting in 13,000 different varieties. The color of the rose depends on the species, but there are no black roses. 74% of rose purchases are made by men (merci Atomic!). Red roses symbolize love, yellow for friendship, orange for enthusiasm, white for purity, and pink for joy.…
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FFF- Pearls
PEARLS! Pearls are the only gemstone that comes from a living animal. 95% of pearls come from freshwater, making saltwater pearls more valuable. It can take anywhere from 10 months to 4 years for a pearl to develop. The same oyster can create pearls throughout its lifetime, and as they age, they produce finer and…
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FFF- Teddy Bears
Teddy Bears 🐻🐻 The name Teddy Bear came from President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt’s refusal to shoot a bear on a hunting trip in 1902. The first toy stuffed bear with moveable arms and legs was created by German toymaker Margarete Steiff in 1903 to make bears less scary for children. In the US, National Teddy…
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FFF- Sushi
Did you know in the early days of sushi making, the rice was not intended to be eaten. The fish was wrapped in fermented rice to give it an ‘umani’ flavor, then discarded before serving the sushi. BONUS: Eat nigiri sushi (fish on rice) rice up, in one bite, and with your hands for best…
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FFF – SPAM SPAM SPAM
Why is an unsolicited email called SPAM? Fun Fact Friday! The term “spam” was inspired by a 1972 skit by Monty Python featuring a diner that served everything with SPAM in it. Jolly Vikings sing a chorus of “Spam, Spam, Wonderful spam!” Check out the skit on daily motion, it is really funny. No one…