Bean Day
About Bean Day
Date When Celebrated: This Special day is always observed on January 6
Every once in a while, you come across a special day that just doesn’t seem to have much rhyme or reason. Bean Day, a January 6 holiday, appears to be one of those days. It was created to celebrate the British 1990s sitcom “Mr. Bean”. This short-lived television show was about a “child in a grown man’s body”. The show lasted just 15 episodes. This day gets plenty of recognition from Ecard companies and calendar-oriented sites.
You can celebrate this holiday by learning more about this humorous television character. Also, you can celebrate this day by eating beans. After all… they’re good for the heart…. the more you eat them, the more you ……”
Did You Know? Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois has a hugely attractive piece of art formally called “Cloud Gate”. Residents fondly nicknamed it “The Bean” (pictured below). It has become one of Chicago’s most popular “must-see” attractions.
Bean Trivia and Fun Facts
Here are some interesting trivia and fun facts you can toot about:
- The top five varieties in the U.S. are pinto, navy, great northern, red kidney, and black beans.
- Depending upon how you count them, there are over 400 types and 40,000 varieties. This includes natural species along with hybrids and cultivars.
- All varieties are legumes, which include peas.
- Different varieties do not readily cross-pollinate.
- Americans consume 7 pounds per year.
- North Dakota produces 1/3 of the U.S. crop.
- China is the world’s largest producer.
- On August 20, 2023, Peter Glazebrook (UK) broke the record for the world’s longest bean. He grew a runner bean that measured 2′ 11.31″.
- On November, 2003 Staton Rorie of Rienzi, Mississippi broke the world record for the tallest bean plant. It measured 46′ 3:” tall.
- The average person (yes girls, you too!) releases 17 to 68 ounces of intestinal gas every day. And, we all know what causes us to toot!
- The loudest toot ever recorded was 118.1 decibels.
- The USDA recommends consuming 3 cups per week. Now, that’s something to toot about!
- Accountants are nicknamed “Bean Counters”.
- In Nicaragua, newlyweds are given a bowl of beans for good luck.
Today's Quote
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” – – Ralph Waldo Emerson
How to Celebrate Bean Day
There are several ways to celebrate this day:
- Learn more about the show “Mr. Bean. It aired from 1992 to 1995.
- Newlyweds can add a few beans to their bean jar today.
- Gardeners can enjoy this day surfing through seed catalogs to select varieties to grow in the spring.
- Read the story “Jack and the Beanstalk” to your pre-schooler.
- Teachers can use the seeds for learning exercises in course material.
- Take a trip to see “The Bean” in Chicago, IL.
- Others, can bone up on the history of them….doesn’t that sound like fun!?
History and Origin of Bean Day
Paula Bowen is the originator of Bean Day. She started it because January is so bleak, and there weren’t many holidays in January to celebrate. She said we needed a holiday to celebrate Mr. Bean. Also, her dad was a pinto bean farmer, so she grew up eating a lot of them.
There are many Bean Days referenced on the internet. They are primarily from local farming communities celebrating the harvest of the crop. There is no one date for these numerous local events. Local declarations do not seem to concentrate in any one month. Nor, are they often referred to as an annual event.
This Day in History
In addition to Bean Day, here are some things that happened on this day:
Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph. (1838)
Joan of Arc was born on this day in 1412.
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Plant of the Day: Legumes, of course!
Recipe of the Day: Three Bean Salad
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