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Post by sandipaws on Mar 24, 2021 22:24:07 GMT -5
Who Knew??? On March 26th each year, National Spinach Day reminds us of the health benefits packed into this leafy green vegetable. Not only are there so many delicious ways that you can enjoy spinach, but it is also incredibly good for you!
An annual plant, spinach grows natively in central and southwestern Asia. Thought to have originated in ancient Persia, Arab traders carried spinach into India and then later introduced into ancient China. There it was known as “Persian vegetable.” The earliest available record of the spinach plant was found in Chinese, saying that the spinach plant was introduced into China via Nepal.
During her reign as queen of France, Catherine de Medici enjoyed spinach so much, it was served at every meal. To this day, dishes made with spinach are known as “Florentine” reflecting Catherine’s birth in Florence.
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Post by johnmori on Mar 25, 2021 4:17:48 GMT -5
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March 25, 1584
Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 25, 2021 8:27:18 GMT -5
March 25, 1911, 146 people, mostly young female immigrants, were killed when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 25, 2021 8:27:47 GMT -5
March 25, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 people to the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery after a five-day march from Selma to protest the denial of voting rights to Blacks. Later that day, civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo, a white Detroit homemaker, was shot and killed by Ku Klux Klansmen.
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Post by BillG on Mar 25, 2021 9:23:11 GMT -5
Who knew??? On March 25th, 1954 RCA manufactures the first color TV set (12½" screen at $1,000).
 
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 25, 2021 20:29:35 GMT -5
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 National Nougat Day on March 26th celebrates a soft and chewy or sometimes hard and crunchy candy often found at the center of a candy bar.
Made by whipping egg whites together and adding honey or sugar, roasted nuts, and sometimes candied fruit, some say nougat has been a sweet treat since ancient Rome. Enjoyed both as a candy all on its own or paired with chocolate or other flavorings.
Recipes range from the more traditional nougat made with almonds and honey to those with hints of citrus.
In Italy, they call it torrone. In Spain, a nougat is called turrón. The United States has a version made with corn syrup called divinity.
Three basic kinds of nougats include:
1. White nougat – made with beaten egg whites and honey.
2. Brown nougat – made without egg whites and has a firmer, often crunchy texture.
3. Viennese or German nougat – chocolate and nut praline
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Post by johnmori on Mar 26, 2021 4:16:28 GMT -5
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March 26, 1979
Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 26, 2021 8:21:19 GMT -5
MArch 26, 997, the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate techno-religious cult who committed suicide were found inside a rented mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 26, 2021 23:07:01 GMT -5
Who Knew???
 March 27th is the annual observance of National Spanish Paella Day. A rice dish from Spain, paella has become very popular and is known around the world. It originated in its modern form in the mid-19th century in Valencia, on the east coast of Spain.
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Post by BillG on Mar 27, 2021 2:24:37 GMT -5
Who knew??? On March 27th, 1915 "Typhoid Mary" [Mary Mallon] is arrested and returned to quarantine on North Brother Island, New York after spending five years evading health authorities and causing several further outbreaks of typhoid.
  
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Post by johnmori on Mar 27, 2021 7:24:31 GMT -5
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March 27, 1994
PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Greg Norman sets scoring record of 264 (−24) to finish 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller
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Post by soutxed on Mar 27, 2021 9:18:29 GMT -5
March 27, 1998 Viagra is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Pfizer's pill was the first drug against male impotence to be approved in the United States. In 2012, the company made 2 billion U.S. Dollars from Viagra alone.
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Post by johnmori on Mar 28, 2021 5:46:48 GMT -5
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March 28, 1990
United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 28, 2021 18:01:55 GMT -5
March 28, 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania.
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 28, 2021 22:53:17 GMT -5
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National Vietnam War Veterans Day on March 29 honors the men and women who served and sacrificed during the longest conflict in United States history.
On March 29, 1973, combat and combat support units withdrew from South Vietnam. Generations later, Veterans of this time period are gaining the respect that was not so freely given upon their return. Involving five U.S. presidents, crossing nearly two decades and 500,000 U.S.military personnel, it left an indelible mark on the American psyche.
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