7/14/26 - Mac & Cheese Day, Can't Stand ..., Food You Won't Eat

Tuesday 7/14/26

Celebrate:

Bastille Day (let them eat cake)

Cow Appreciation Day

International Non-binary People's Day

National Grand Marnier Day

National Tape Measure Day

Pandemonium Day

Shark Awareness Day

National Mac and Cheese Day

The earliest known recipe for a dish resembling macaroni and cheese dates back to a late 13th-century Italian cookbook called Liber de Coquina. It featured a dish called de lasanis, which paired tossed pasta sheets with grated cheese.

Thomas Jefferson is widely credited with popularizing mac and cheese in the United States. He encountered the dish in Paris, loved it so much that he sketched out designs for a macaroni machine, smuggled a machine back to America, and even served "macaroni pie" at a State dinner in 1802.

Kraft introduced its boxed Macaroni & Cheese Dinner in 1937 during the height of the Great Depression. It was marketed as a way to feed a family of four for just 19 cents.

During World War II, the product exploded in popularity because millions of boxes could be purchased with just one rationing coupon. Kraft sold 80 million boxes in 1943 alone.

Canadians eat an average of 3.2 boxes of Kraft Mac & Cheese (locally known as Kraft Dinner, or "KD") per person every year.

That is 55% more than Americans, making Canada the top per-capita consumer of the boxed dinner in the world.

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The new buzzword comes with the latest behavioral hack taking over the lifestyle space is replacing long-term goal obsession with "minorstones." Instead of waiting to celebrate major career wins, data shows that actively rewarding yourself for tiny daily completions—like finishing a chaotic laundry load or responding to an overdue email—drastically lowers baseline cortisol.

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Ranker.com is ranking Foods people still can't stand, even as adults.

1. Chitlins

2. Liver

3. Black Licorice

4. Marshmallow Peeps

5. Fat on Meat

6. Lima Beans

7. Eggplant

8. Brussels Sprouts

9. Cottage Cheese

10. Celery

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Finish this phrase: “One thing I can’t stand is…”

People who act like they know everything and pretend to be smart

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People who are obsessed with always being right (mom).

Social climbers and people who exploit other people's kindness. 

Paper straws 

The tags in that are in shirts. I always rip them out.

Open mouth chewers

chronically late people

That scratchy sound when a fork scrapes the plate

People who cannot sit still and shut up for long periods of time.

The people who are looking at their phones while driving and those who don’t use their turn signals.

Perfume and cologne. Gives me an instant headache.

and the ridiculous:

I can't stand Russian dolls. They're so full of themselves.

i can't stand on heels

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After attending their morning meeting, a couple of police officers in Japan were ready to hit the road. But the officers got into an argument over who would drive. The argument escalated until the two were physically fighting in a police station hallway. Both were suspended.

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Based on current estimates, Earth is likely around 60 to 80 percent of the way through its habitable lifespan. (Yikes)

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