National popcorn day updates :- National Popcorn day is a big day for popcorn lovers across America and around the world.  National Popcorn day is January 19, and there are many things that you can do to celebrate this unorthodox holiday.  National Popcorn day isn’t a federal holiday, so chances are if you are reading this you are most likely at work.  Take a break, go grab a bag of microwave popcorn, come back and read about all the ways you can celebrate today.

Popcorn was first discovered by the American Indians.  Some even believed that the distinctive popping noise that came from the kernels was an angry god escaping from the kernel.

There are six self-proclaimed “Popcorn Capital of the Worlds”

1. Valparaiso, Indiana
2. Van Buren, Indiana
3. Marion, Ohio
4. Ridgeway, Illinois
5. Iowa
6. North Loup, Nebraska

Popcorn is the official state snack of Illinois.

The Boy Scouts sell popcorn like the Girl Scouts sell cookies

Even though popcorn is nutritious, a small movie theater popcorn from America’s largest movie theater chain can have as much fat as three Big Macs

Popcorn can be used as a packing material – it’s a green alternative to expanded polystyrene pellets.

Lake Forest, Illinois unveiled the World’s Largest Popcorn ball in 2006. It weighs 3,415 pounds and is 8 feet in diameter and 24.6 feet tall.

During the Great Depression, popcorn was cheap and grew in popularity. It became a hot source of income for struggling farmers.

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National popcorn day updates was first posted on January 19, 2010 at 10:04 pm.

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Gen Kapoor Has Gone Partially Deaf in Left Ear, Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor suffered acute deafness in his left ear.
As a result, the Indian army chief has been placed in a lower medical category just four months before retirement. A lower medical category indicates partial disability and entitlement to higher pensions.
Medical records suggest that Gen Kapoor suffers from “noise-induced sensorineural hearing loss (bilat)”.
The doctor’s certificate, issued on November 23 last year, says during the army chief’s visit to the US in July 2009, “he was closely exposed to loud noise in the form of small weapons firing and gun firing during a counter-terrorism demo by US soldiers. The general officer also fired some of the weapons in field firing range. Since then he (has) developed acute deafness in the left ear. He was unable to discriminate (between) spoken words.”
A normal army officer should be in SHAPE-1 — SHAPE is an acronym for psychological, hearing, appendages (limbs), physical and eyes.

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Gen Kapoor Has Gone Partially Deaf in Left Ear was first posted on January 19, 2010 at 10:07 pm.

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