Are these American sayings typical in your vocabulary? Fun ones to use would be “go bananas” or “pie in the sky.” Thick As Thieves Thieves are known for sharing secrets and in older times, thick also meant “close.” Go Bananas To go bananas means to show big emotions like super happy or over-the-top excitement and …
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Have you read The History of Dessert on a Stick And Where They Came From? Because this is part two. It takes 43 pounds of ice to manufacture and deliver one gallon of ice cream. But Harry Burt created the delivery truck. Ford was producing reliable trucks at the time and Burt wanted to rework …
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These sayings are funny and pretty common. Do you use sayings like “belly up” and “burst at the seams”? A Hot Potato The idea is that “no one wants to touch a hot potato,” and this saying means that there’s a topic that no one wants to touch, a “hot potato” topic, if you will. …
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Do you know the history of dessert on a stick? There are two main guys and it’s a whole story. In the winter of 1905 in San Fran, Frank Epperson was drinking a powdered fruit drink when he accidently left it on the porch. This accident will forever change Epperson’s life. He eventually creates the …
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Believe it or not, there are even more September monthly holidays! Here are the rest! Sourdough September Remember when everyone was making sourdough in 2020? Well, that trend never really died and in fact, it’s only growing. People are using their sourdough starters and making all kinds of things with it from cookies to donuts …
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Did you know there were weekly holidays for the month of September? It’s true, there are September weekly holidays and we should all be celebrating them! Did you know that September is the national month to celebrate being a single person? First Full Week of September: National Waffle Week Waffle lovers can enjoy all they …
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National TV dinner day just happened on September 10th but do you know the history and origin of tv dinners? Or who the two groups are that claim they invented them? TV dinners came out as compact multi course meals that took 15 minutes to bake. They were affordable and delicious and the people wanted …
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Some of these things could be a very embarrassing thing but most of them seem more like common occurrences than something truly embarrassing. For British people, If they… Spill their coffee on a fresh white shirt, first thing in the morning. This isn’t the best way to start a day but if it’s first thing …
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Sunny summer fun facts, whether you like summer or not because it’s here! Would you pick summer or fall if you could? How many watermelon varieties do you know of? Because there are more than 1,200 types of watermelon in the world. The Watermelon Board says the most popular kinds include seeded, seedless, and mini …
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These Pop-Tarts varieties range from blueberry, one of the original flavors, to one that is supposed to taste like a Boston Creme donut. Which flavor sounds best to you? Frosted Blueberry Pop-Tarts Blueberry was one of the original flavors of Pop Tarts to be released and they come in unfrosted as well, though you shouldn’t …
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