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January 4, 2015

Trivia Day
Today is YOUR day if you know a whole bunch of facts. Go ahead, share all those bits of trivia stuck inside of your head!  And if you don't?  Well check out the links I have included, those should give you plenty of trivia to share.
A website that's all trivia
Trivia Collections
Online Trivia Games

Pop Music Charts Day
How Top 40 Radio Works
The All Time Music Charts Top 40 Songs From 1950 - 2015
This weeks top 100

Spaghetti Day
Spaghetti...yuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmm!
The History of Spaghetti 

Spaghetti dishes by Region:

  • Spaghetti aglio e olio – ("spaghetti with garlic and oil" in Italian), a traditional Italian pasta dish, coming from Napoli. It is a variant of the original dish, Spaghetti alle vongole.
  • Spaghetti alla puttanesca – (literally "spaghetti whore-style" in Italian), a tangy, somewhat salty Italian pasta dish invented in the mid-20th century. The ingredients are typical of Southern Italian cuisine: tomatoes, olive oil, olives, capers and garlic.
  • Spaghetti alle vongole – Italian for "spaghetti with clams", it is very popular throughout Italy, especially its central regions, including Rome and further south in Campania (where it is part of traditional Neapolitan cuisine).
  • Spaghetti with meatballs – an Italian-American dish that usually consists of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs

I am all about having spaghetti today.  If the traditional fare bores you a little perhaps try one of the many recipes listed here.
And here's an American spaghetti recipe we sometimes eat in our family, Ohio Spaghetti:
Cook a package of spaghetti, drain
Brown 1 pound hamburger with onions
Combine and add to the mixture 1 large can (48 oz) of either V-8 or Tomato Juice
Bring to a boil and let simmer

World Braille Day (great info on the link about this day)
The Inventor of Braille: Louis Braille
Braille: Deciphering the Code
Braille Music
The Online Braille Translator

Hypnotism Day
What is hypnosis?
How Hypnosis Works

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