day National Pecan Cookie Day

[Thesauron]

Today’s a very special day—it’s national pecan cookie day. And yes, it’s perfecly ok to observe it.

 

1. If the body does not get enough zinc, it may have difficulty producing testosterone —a key hormone in initiating sexual desire in both men and women. Pecans provide nearly 10 percent of the recommended Daily Value for zinc.
2. It would take 11,624 pecans, stacked end to end, to reach the top of the Empire State Building in New York City.
3. Texas adopted the pecan tree as its state tree in 1919. In fact, Texas Governor James Hogg liked pecan trees so much that he asked if a pecan tree could be planted at his gravesite when he died.
4. Albany, Georgia, which boasts more than 600,000 pecan trees, is the pecan capital of the U.S. Albany hosts the annual National Pecan Festival, which includes a race, parade, pecan-cooking contest, the crowning of the National Pecan Queen and many other activities.
5. Pecan trees usually range in height from 70 to 100 feet, but some trees grow as tall as 150 feet or higher. Native pecan trees—those over 150 years old—have trunks more than three feet in diameter.
6. Pecans in space: it would take a line of over 10 billion pecans to reach the moon!
7. Would you go nuts for a refreshing dip in the pool? You’d need a lot of pecans—144 million to be exact—to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
8. Pecans come in a variety of sizes—mammoth, extra large, large, medium, small and midget. They also come in several forms including whole pecans, pecan halves, pieces, granules and meal.
9. There are over 1,000 varieties of pecans. Many are named for Native American Indian tribes, including Cheyenne, Mohawk, Sioux, Choctaw and Shawnee.
10. Before a shelled pecan is ready to be sold, it must first be cleaned, sized, sterilized, cracked and finally, shelled.

[Hope]

regarding #1:  *note to self... avoid pecan cookies (even though i love them so much..)

[Peace be with you]

Concerning #1, I'll keep that in mind for future reference! 

 

As for the other facts, really interesting! Thanks for sharing.