Fun Facts About December!

• This week in History:  December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii, is attacked by the Japanese Empire.

• Random Fun Fact: The human circulatory system is over 60,000 miles long!

• Saint Nicolas is celebrated on December 6th in Europe!

• December is Learn a Foreign Language Month!

THE FUN STORY BEHIND HANUKKAH!

Almost 2,200 years ago, a Jewish temple was in the city of Jerusalem, which was being attacked at the time. A menorah in the temple needed to be burning, but it was discovered there was only enough oil to last one night. The flame lasted eight nights, long enough for more oil to arrive. This 'miracle' was the reason for the creation of an eight-day celebration, now known as Hanukkah (also spelled as Chanukah).

Fun Facts About March!

• This Month: Women's history month

• Random Fun Fact: 40 to 50 million years ago, whales could walk!

Did you know that 3/14 is a pi day?

Pi (Greek letterπ) is an irrational number. Because of that, it goes on forever, and we use it to calculate a circle's circumference (πd or 2πr) and area (πr²). It is the ratio of the circumference and diameter of a circle (π= circumference/diameter). Because it goes on forever, we simply use it as 3.14 and that's why we call March 14th (3/14) pi day!

π≈3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035261931188171010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303598253490428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420198

Fun Facts About January!

• This week in History:  January 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the states rebelling against the Union.

• Random Fun Fact: 40 to 50 million years ago, whales could walk!

• October 4th is national noodle day!

• January is Mental Wellness Month!

      THE FUN STORY BEHIND HALLOWEEN

Halloween originates from an Irish holiday called Samhain, which is a pagan religious celebration to celebrate the end of summer, when people wear costumes to fend off ghosts. Samhain comes from Irish and Gaelic origin, and has been around for longer than Halloween, there are also many other myths and legends that surround the two day celebration of Samhain.