TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Monday, January 19, was apparently National Popcorn Day! I do love popcorn, especially from the movie theater, which I know can be extremely bad for you. In honor of this national celebration, here are some fun facts about popcorn...

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "There is no love sincerer than the love of food."

HINT: (1856-1950), was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Popcorn is a type of maize (or corn), a member of the grass family, and is scientifically known as Zea mays everta.

Popcorn is a whole grain. It is made up of three components: the germ, endosperm, and pericarp (also know as the hull).

Most popcorn comes in two basic shapes when it's popped: snowflake and mushroom. Snowflake is used in movie theaters and ballparks because it looks and pops bigger. Mushroom is used for candy confections because it doesn't crumble.

Americans consume some 16 billion quarts of this whole grain, good-for-you treat. That's 51 quarts per man, woman, and child.

Most U.S. popcorn is grown in the Midwest, primarily in Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri.

The peak period for popcorn sales for home consumption is in the fall.

(www.popcorn.org)


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "There is no love sincerer than the love of food."

ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw.

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