Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Greetings Infomaniacs,

In case you weren't aware, November is National Peanut Butter Lovers Month. I'm going to stuff my face with some celery and peanut butter while you enjoy some fun facts about this delicious and popular food spread.

Enjoy!

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life."

HINT: American artist and the author of one of the most famous comic strips (NOT the Peanuts).

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RANDOM TIDBITS
Archibutyrophobia (pronounced A'-ra-kid-bu-ti-ro-pho-bi-a) is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.

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The south has the best climate for growing peanuts in the United States. Sixty percent them are grown in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama and Half of that 60 percent is used to make peanut butter.

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The world's largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich, made in Grand Saline, T.X., weighed 1,342 pounds.

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It takes one acre of peanuts to make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.

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We spend almost $800 million a year on peanut butter in the United States.

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Peanuts aren't nuts. They're legumes. So it's technically inaccurate to call it a nut butter, but it's usually referred to one anyway.




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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life."

ANSWER: Bill Watterson, author of Calvin and Hobbes.