AUG 6, 26.. ROOT BEER FLOAT.. FRIENDS OF BILL..

By Cap Chastain August 6, 2026 Friends of Bill 2026, Ice Cream, Root Beer No Comments

A nice NATIONAL TODAY Holiday..

National Root Beer Float Day 2026 falls on Thursday, August 6th.

A few “Tid Bits”..

1876 – the year when root beer was invented.
16 – the number of roots and herbs that root beer is made of.
3% – the percentage that root beer makes up in America’s soft drink market.

1960 – the year when a key ingredient of root beer, the sassafras root, was banned by the FDA.

Root Beer producers stopped using sassafras in commercial root beer because studies in the 1950s and 1960s showed that safrole—the main natural oil in sassafras—caused liver damage and cancer in lab rats. This led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban safrole in mass-produced foods and drinks in 1960.

#1 – the ranking of A&W as the leading root beer brand in America.

Unlike some NATIONAL TODAY Holidays, there is not a whole lot on their website.

https://nationaltoday.com/national-root-beer-float-day/

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Friends of Bill..

We published a short Post over on our other website about how we two met on this day in 1992. If you are interested, please click onto the below link.

https://aaphotoshere.blogspot.com/2026/08/aug-6-26-how-we-two-met.html

There you have it.

AUG 5, 26.. BLOGGER DAY..

By Cap Chastain August 5, 2026 Blog (Web Log) / Website, Blog / Blogs, Blogs and Websites No Comments

Talk about a “No Brainer” NATIONAL TODAY Holiday !!

August the 5th .. This year 2026 and much further back !!

Is.. Blogger Day !!

First .. Let’s begin here..

I.. Do.. Not.. Particularly.. Like..  The.. Word.. Blog..

BUT..

After I learned what the word Blog means, and how it developed, I no longer am quite so hostile to the word Blog!

The word Blog is a combination of the words “Internetweb” and “log.”

An Internet Web Log became a Web Log became a Blog!

Blogger Day, is observed every August 5th.

This day recognizes the power of individual expression, information sharing, and community building that blogging fosters.

Blogger, an American online content management system, was established by Pyra Labs on August 23, 1999. It was acquired by Google in 2003. Google hosts the blogs and they are accessed through a subdomain of blogspot.com. Users can also have their very own custom domains.

Exact numbers fluctuate. Estimates suggest there are over 600 million blogs worldwide, with millions of active bloggers contributing content.

BLOGS and WEBSITES ..

A Blog is a type of website that features regularly updated content, typically in a chronological, journal-like format, often focusing on specific topics. This accurately describes dotnet!

A Website, on the other hand, is a broader term for any collection of web pages accessible through the internet, which may or may not include a blog section.

To read more, click onto the below NATIONAL TODAY Holiday website link..

https://nationaltoday.com/blogger-day/

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There you have it!

Cap and Patti