15 Jelly Bean Flavors That Change Your Inner Alchemy
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According to the National Confectioner’s Association (NCA) April 22 is National Jelly Bean Day. While the history of National Jelly Bean day is unclear, the strong flavors of jelly beans can actually affect your whole body. Your taste receptors,…
7 Celebrities Who Can’t Live Without Jelly Beans
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What’s not to love about jelly beans? For a quick, sweet bite, they’re fun and flavorful, convenient and available everywhere. Jelly beans are so popular they’ve even traveled to outer space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983. If…
8 Weird Things to Do With Jelly Beans
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UPDATED August 1st, 2016
Jelly Beans have been around since the Civil War. They were the first candy to be sold by weight rather than piece and each year, there are about 16 billion sold for Easter alone. Former President Ronald Reagan…
10 Reasons Your Next Party Should Include a Poetry Slam
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April 28 is Great Poetry Reading Day. This day is celebrated to honor great poetry and the incredible poets who contribute to the genre. From Maya Angelou to Shel Silverstein, and who could forget Robert Frost, poems put our desperate, uncertain,…
Jen Kessy: “I Am Beyond Excited To Be Pregnant”
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Olympic beach volleyball medalist Jen Kessy is excited to be expecting her first child with husband Andy Ces, also a beach volleyball player. Jen is due at the end of August.
Her past accomplishments include capturing silver at the London…
15 Facts About Abe Lincoln You Never Knew
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UPDATED August 1st, 2016
The life story of Abe Lincoln, our 16th President, is well known. He was born in a log cabin in Kentucky, and became a lawyer and politician for the State of Illinois. As President, he led the nation through a terrible…
5 Myths About Nuts that Need Cracking
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April 14 is National Pecan Day. The word 'pecan' comes from an Algonquin word meaning “a nut that requires a stone to break.” Native Americans were eating pecans at least as far back as the 16th Century. Presidents Washington and Jefferson…
10 TV Shows that Could Ruin Your Relationship
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Too much TV is not good for us, but have you ever stopped to think about how TV shows could be affecting your relationship? A couples’ survey published in Psychology Today shows that the more romantic the program, the more couples felt less…
8 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Do with Pecans
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What is more delicious in a pie, more wonderful in a cookie or great as a stand-alone treat? Pecans, of course! Pecan trees grow most everywhere in North America in a variety of sizes, with trees ranging up to 20 feet tall. If you’re lucky…