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MDBCs 22 Jan 2024


January 22nd 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

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Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

Better Business Communication Day

Celebration of Life Day

Come in From the Cold Day

Community Manager Appreciation Day

Dance of the Seven Veils Day

National Blonde Brownie Day

National Polka Dot Day

National Sanctity of Human Life Day

National Ty Day

National Vincent Day

Plurinational State Foundation Day

Roe vs. Wade Day

Wellington Anniversary Day

 

Tim Dillon’s Birthday

Steve Perry’s Birthday

Logic’s Birthday

Guy Fieri’s Birthday

fouseyTUBE’s Birthday

Enya Umanzor’s Birthday

Gabriel Macht

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Mon Jan 22nd, 2024 - Fri Jan 26th, 2024

Farmhouse Breakfast Week

Cancertalk Week

Family Mediation Week

Mon Jan 22nd, 2024 - Sat Jan 28th, 2024

Mon Jan 22nd, 2024 - Wed Jan 31st, 2024

Snow Sculpting Week

 

Fun Observances  (2)

 Hot Sauce Day

Turn the heat up in your kitchen or on your dining table by adding hot sauce to everything you eat on January 22, because it is Hot Sauce Day.

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While the origins of this spicy holiday are unknown, it is clear that the anonymous creators of the day wanted to honor the myriad hot sauces available in kitchens and pantries around the world.

The Many Different Types of Hot Sauces

Hot sauce is a condiment made by crushing or pureeing raw, cooked, smoked, or pickled chili peppers with spices. Different parts of the world use different kinds of chili peppers as the base for their hot sauces. For example, hot sauces in Mexico are usually made of chipotle or jalapeño peppers, while in Jamaica, scotch bonnet peppers are popularly used to make hot sauces. Other popular chili peppers used in hot sauces include habaneros, Thai chili peppers, green chiles, Sichuan peppers, and bird's eye chili.

In some countries, hot sauces are made by crushing the peppers in vinegar, while in other countries, vinegar is replaced by a tomato or carrot based puree. Oil is often used as a way to bring out the flavors and heat of the peppers in many Middle Eastern countries.

The Scoville Scale

Native to the Americas, chili peppers were spread around the world by Spanish and Portuguese traders. Today, these fruits of the capsicum plant are used for spicing up food and as medicine by people around the world.

Chili peppers get their heat from chemical compounds called capsaicinoids. The amount of these compounds in a chili pepper is measured by the Scoville Scale - the higher the rating a pepper has on the scale, the more capsaicinoids it has and the more intense the chili flavor it has.

In addition to being used in cooking and baking, chilis are also used as topical medicines for aches and pains and to manufacture pepper spray, a non-lethal form of defensive weapon.

How to Celebrate?

  • Add your favorite hot sauce to everything you eat today.
  • Try out new types and brands of hot sauce.
  • If you have never made hot sauce at home, today is the chance to do it. Go to your local farmer's market and pick up a variety of chilis and get started.

Did You Know…

…that India is the world's largest producer and consumer of chili peppers?

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Answer Your Cat's Questions Day

Cats, they are inquisitive creatures by nature. Answer all their questions on January 22, Answer All Your Cat’s Questions Day.

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While it is unclear who created this very original, unofficial holiday, some pet organizations and companies view it as a “purr”fect day to spend some time understanding your feline companion.

How to Celebrate?

  • Invite your cat to hang out with you. This may involve bribing her/ him.
  • Try and find out all their burning questions. This may require more bribing.
  • Once you have their questions, try and answer them. We are pretty sure that most of their questions revolve around how adorable they look while trying to destroy the few earthly possessions you have.
  • And if all else fails, just spend time with your cat and let it know that you love them.
  • Spend some time learning about feline behavior.
  • If you don’t have a cat, perhaps it is time to visit your local shelter and adopt a cat so you can participate in this awesome holiday?

Did You Know…

… that a group of cats is called a clowder, while a group of kittens is known as a kindle?

 

 

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On a fishing trip to a remote lake in Northern Quebec, I asked the outfitter, “Do you stay here during the winter?”

“No,” he said. “The snow gets too deep. We can’t get supplies in. Like many Canadians, I go south for the winter.”

“Oh,” I said. “Where do you go?”

“Vermont.”

 

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As we waited for a bus in the frosty weather, the woman next to me mentioned that she makes a lot of mistakes when texting in the cold.

I nodded knowingly. “It’s the early signs of typothermia.”

 

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Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation.

 

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According to a news story, if global warming continues, in 20 years the only chance we'll have to see a polar bear is in a zoo. So in other words, nothing is going to change.

 

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My paramedic team was called to an emergency. Before we took the patient to the hospital, I had a question for his wife. “Does your husband have any cardiac problems?” I asked.

“Yes,” she said with a note of concern. “His cardiologist just died.”

 

 

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