It's a contest!! Kellogg's $3/3 coupons up for grabs.

[MessyT]

I haven't printed all the coupons yet, but I should be able to print 12 copies. 

I will let DD12 pick a winner tonight before bedtime (9:00 sharp).  Please keep this thread 12 year old friendly. 

Post something here that you think she will find interesting, and she will pick the post that she likes the best. **hint** she loves history and isn't a girly girl.

[Lucky Day]

John Wesley Powell lost most of one arm as a Union soldier in the American civil war. Despite the loss of the arm, he eventually led expeditions to explore the Green and Colorado rivers. The first journey was difficult and several of his men mutinied. He did a lot of mapping and exploration in the area which was mostly unknown territory to white men at that time. The Glen Canyon Dam, just above The Grand Canyon, holds Lake Powell, which is named for him. I believe he was also the head of the US Geological Survey after his explorations.

Thanks for their contest!

[supremesaver]

The Popsicle was invented by an eleven-year-old boy.

In 1905, eleven-year-old Frank Epperson from San Francisco, California invented the popular hot weather treat, the Popsicle as we know it today. However, the invention supposedly came about as a pure accident! According to the Popsicle company, one cold evening Frank left a mixture of powder flavored soda water with a stir stick in it on the porch. Because of the cold weather outside, he awoke to a frozen treat on a stick.

Seventeen years later, in 1922, Epperson served his ice lollipops at a Fireman’s ball and they were a huge hit. It didn’t take long then for Epperson to realize the commercial possibilities of his accidental invention. A year later, in 1923, he introduced the frozen pop on a stick to the public at Neptune Beach, an amusement park in Alameda, California. It was a big success. He soon after applied and received a patent for a “frozen confectionery”, in 1924, which he named the “Epsicle Ice Pop”. He began producing it in different fruit flavors on birch wood sticks.

Hopefully summer will be here soon so that we can all enjoy a Popsicle!

[MessyT]

Looks like you two have a 50/50 chance of winning. Lol.

[Clars]

Shōichi Yokoi was a sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII, and in 1943 he was transferred to the island of Guam. When Allied forces took the island the next year, Yokoi and ten of his fellow soldiers went into hiding. Over time his ten companions either left or died and Yokoi ended up spending the last eight years alone.

On January 24th, 1972, 27 years after the end of the war, Yokoi was discovered by two local men who were out checking their shrimp traps. Yokoi, who thought the war was still going, saw them as a threat and attacked them. Luckily they were able to subdue him without major injury. Yokoi had been living in an underground cave and used native plants to make clothes and bedding while getting his food by hunting at night. He had seen leaflets declaring the end of the war but believed them to be Allied propaganda.

Might have missed the deadline, but I didn't have time to post this earlier. I always found it interesting.

[ftwink]

There was a bigger, deadlier fire on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire. It's mostly forgotten or never heard of. It was the Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin.

[MessyT]

And we have a winner. DD chose supremesaver's story, but she said it was a hard decision. Thanks for sharing your stories, I learned a few things today.

Sending you a pm, supremesaver.

[Lucky Day]

Woot! Congrats supreme saver and thanks for a fun and interesting contest messy t.

[supremesaver]

WoooooHooooooo! Thanks for a fun contest!!!