Most of us have done it. You enjoyed it and might have done it almost every day. It got the blood a runnin and sure warmed ya up. You might have done it as a single or double or there might have been more. Some won’t remember hot peppers and sometimes you used a stone and other times nah. Hopscotch and jump rope got ya ajumpin. So we’re goin to jump around a bit to warm ya up.
Moose. Is the plural Meese, or Mooses? As most know, we hope, the plural of Moose is still Moose. Moose derives from Algonquian, a Native American language. It kept the same plural ending it had in its original language instead of adopting the normal s ending of most English plurals.
Did you know that the flap of skin under a moose’s chin is called a bell. Moose are also called rubber-nosed swamp donkeys. Moose calves can outrun a human by the time they’re five days old. A moose can kick in any direction with its front hooves. They have been known to live for up to 20 years.
The moose is the largest animal in the deer family weighing nearly 2,000 pounds. Moose primarily live in areas that have cold, snowy winters. Their wide hooves act like snowshoes to help them walk in the snow or in muddy, marshy ground after the white stuff melt. An adult moose can run up to 35 miles an hour for short distances and 20 miles an hour for longer runs.
Amelia Earhart was born Amelia Mary Earhart on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. She disappeared July 2, 1937 at 39 somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, enroute to Howland Island from Lae, Papua New Guinea. She was declared dead in absentia on January 5, 1939 at age 41.
She was known for many early aviation records, including the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was married to George P. Putnam. Amelia’s Earhart first “flight” was when she was just seven years old. With the help of Muriel and her uncle she made a homemade roller coaster. After crashing dramatically, she told her sister that it “was just like flying”.
The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, was designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as the centerpiece of the Midway at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
According to a 1973 Sesame Street calendar, Rubber Duckie’s Birthday is January 13, so around the country it’s National Rubber Ducky Day! A friend of Ernie and Big Bird, Duckie made his debut in a February 1970 episode.
The rubber ducky (also spelled duckie) has come a long way from his first concept as a chew toy for children. While the origin of the first rubber ducky is uncertain, many rubber molded toys from dolls to those in various animal shapes came about when rubber manufacturing developed in the late 1800s.
The earliest patent for a rubber duck toy was patented in 1928 by Landon Smart Lawrence. His design was for a bath toy which was weighted and when tipped would return to its upright position. The sketch included with the patent was that of a duck.
Sales of the iconic yellow rubber ducky we’ve come to know today soared in Britain in 2001. Why? A British Tabloid, The Sun, reported Queen Elizabeth II had a rubber duck in her bathroom that wore an inflatable crown. The rubber ducky became a Toy Hall of Fame inductee in 2013.
Here are a few observations of things that have happened in January over the years: 500 copies of the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Modern Prometheus were published anonymously in London.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. The first New Year’s ball drop in New York City started in 1908.
In 1946, the first United States Computer was built in Pennsylvania at the Moore School of Engineering. The History Channel was launched in 1995.
In 1890, the Rose Parade started in Pasadena, California. Today the parade is broadcast in more than 100 countries. In 1959, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States. And Ellis Island opened on January 1st, 1892 allowing more than 20 million immigrants to enter the United States.
January 17 is Benjamin Franklin’s birthday. He was not only a world-renowned statesman, inventor, and scientist, but was also fascinated by agriculture. He is considered the father of almanacs.
January’s Moon is called the Wolf Moon. It is theorized that January’s full Moon came to be known as the Wolf Moon because wolves were more likely to be heard howling at this time. It was traditionally believed that wolves howled due to hunger during winter.
On January 25, 1962 severe winds along the Rocky Mountain Front were blamed for the crash of a National Guard aC-47 near Wolf Creek. Governor Donald Nutter lost his life in the crash.
In 1819 on January 30 the Treaty of 1818 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland took effect. The treaty called for the joint occupation of the Oregon Country west of the Continental Divide of the Americas, and the 49th parallel north as the international border east of the Continental Divide to the Lake of the Woods. The Continental Divide separates the future State of Montana between the Oregon Country and the Territory of Missouri.
Did ya warm up with all that jumpin around between topics? Anyone up for a game of jump rope or hopscotch? We could liven up the town!! “The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page.” – Rachel Anders