Send help......and a storage unit. He kept the m'fer a secret. Maybe I should come home with a pair of $1000 shoes.
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@SGKusmertz If you could have one song play when you enter a room, what would it be?
@bek1 Do you usually feel excited or stressed out about going back to school after summer break?
@wilbner What was the best prank you’ve ever pulled?
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@wilbner If you were forced to change your career, what would your new profession be?
@karenotto. If you had to be stranded on an island with one FNC host, who would you choose & why?
@steve-allen what do you tell yourself to calm yourself down in an escalating situation?
MORE culinary trivia - this time to drink
Tang is a popular powdered orange drink mix created in 1957 by William A. Mitchell, a food scientist at General Foods Corporation. The creator of Tang also invented Pop Rocks, Cool Whip, a form of instant-set Jell-O, and other convenience foods.
Origins and Early Sales
Formulation: William A. Mitchell and chemist William Bruce James developed the formula in 1957.
Market Launch: It hit store shelves in powdered form in 1959 as a convenient breakfast drink rich in vitamin C.
Slow Start: Initial retail sales were low before its association with space exploration.
The NASA Connection
Space Flight: NASA included Tang on John Glenn’s 1962 Mercury flight (Friendship 7) to help make onboard water taste better.
Common Myth: Although widespread belief says Tang was invented for the space program, it was already a commercial product when NASA adopted it.
Marketing Boom: General Foods used the space association in advertising, which caused sales to skyrocket.
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Some American History -
On September 19, 1796, George Washington's Farewell Address was first published in Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser in Philadelphia, announcing he would not seek a third term.
Key Details of the Address
Format: It was issued as a public letter rather than spoken aloud, intended to reach citizens nationwide.
Authorship: Drafted with assistance from Alexander Hamilton and incorporating earlier input from James Madison, based on Washington's core ideas.
Core Warnings:
Advised against the dangers of political parties and partisan bitterness.
Warned against permanent, entangling foreign alliances.
Stressed the importance of national unity and subduing geographical sectionalism.
Precedent Set: Established the voluntary two-term limit tradition for U.S. Presidents, ensuring the peaceful rotation of power.
