In the spirit of C.A.N.I. (Continuous And Never-ending Improvement), here are this week’s new facts—one for each day of your coming week. Pass them on to others to keep the spirit alive or invite your friends and family to visit our blog where they can also view previous entries.

• Back in 1953 it took 27 hours to make one Marshmellow Peep; today it takes 6 minutes!
• The Baltimore Ravens football team was named after a poem by Baltimore’s native son, Edgar Allen Poe: “The Raven.”
• The presidential mansion was originally gray. It wasn’t called the White House until it was painted white to cover the damage caused by the British in the War of 1812.
• The first woman to run for U.S. President: Victoria Woodhull, in 1872. She lost to Ulysses S. Grant.
• In Japan, store clerks hand you your change on a tray lined with what looks like Astroturf. That makes the coins easier to grab.
• Listening to music is good for digestion.
• The Burlingame Pez Museum in California will custom build a Pez dispenser with your image. All they need is a photo and $17.95.

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