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September 26th - Johnny Appleseed Day. The birthday of John Chapman, who became known as Johnny Appleseed as he traveled Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Ontario planting appleseeds. A missionary, John Chapman preached the gospel as he traveled. He would plant apple trees in nurseries and then built fences around them to protect them from animals. He’s famous for scattering seeds at random but that’s more legend than truth. Johnny Appleseed is often shown with a cooking pot on his head. The is another half truth. He wore a tin hat that he could cook with, but it wasn’t an actual pot. His apples were tart, more likely to be used for cider than snacking. Supposedly the last surviving tree planted by Johnny is on a farm in Nova, Ohio. Apparently there’s a Johnny Appleseed museum in Urbana, Ohio. That’s Leuke's hometown!

Talk Like a Pirate Day lands every joyous September 19th. COFFEE: Lucky Jack's Triple Black Iced Coffee TRIVA: Hobbit Day is scheduled to land on September 22, Bilbo and Frodo's birthday in the famous books by J.R.R. Tolkien. Fans can celebrate by being barefoot all day, eat seven meals Hobbit style, Breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, supper, or have a literary discussion and read some Tolkien. You could marathon the whole movie series or throw a party in honor of the "Long Awaited Party". No matter what you do you should totally celebrate Hobbit day! In other Hobbit history, the book itself was first published September 21, 1937, making this week the 81st anniversary of the classic novel. Tolkien himself designed the illustrations and cover art of the first edition. It was just 1500 copies which sold out quickly thanks to good reviews.

Batman's first appearance was in Detective Comics in 1939. Detective Comics had a variety of different stories and characters in a collected anthology format, and it's actually where the name DC came from in DC Comics. Originally Batman was drawn by creator Bob Kane in a red costume with wings and a very simple mask. Bill FInger suggested revising him to have the famous cape and cowl we're all familiar with. Bruce Wayne, Batman's secret identity, comes from two real life historical figures. Robert the Bruce, a famous Scottish hero, and Mad Anthony Wayne, a general who fought for the United States during the American Revolution. Other fun facts: The University of Victoria offers a college course about Batman Gotham City got its name when Bill Finger randomly placed his finger on "Gotham Jewelers" in the phone book.