Facts for Oct. 8th

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The term "Yankee" used to describe Americans derived from the term "yengees," an early Native American pronunciation of "Anglais," the French word for the English who settled in the Northeast.

The word "Canuck" first appeared as a derogatory American reference to French Canadians working in the lumber camps of Maine. It's most likely derived from the French word for canoeman, "canaque."

The average weight gain over Christmas is 4-6 lbs.

Aspirin is the most successful pharmaceutical drug ever produced. About 137 million Aspirin tablets are taken every day but it wasn't available without a presciption until 1915.

Bayer produces 50,000 tons of acetylsalicylic acid each year - enough to produce 100 billion tablets of Aspirin. If these tablets were laid side by side, they would form a line stretching to the moon and back.