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Since January is National Ice Skating Month, Tidbits is taking to the rink to bring you these details about the sport.

• When James II of England was briefly exiled during the 17th century, upon his return, he brought the sport of ice skating to Great Britain, introducing it first to the upper class. Skating was quickly adopted by all classes.

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• A British artillery lieutenant named Robert Jones published the first book of ice skating instructions, A Treatise on Skating, in 1772. Jones recommended the attachment of skates to the shoes with screws through the heels, rather than the prevalent method of straps and clips, which had to be repeatedly fastened when they fell off. Turn the page for more!

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• Speed skating didn’t get its start as a sport, but rather as a fast form of transportation across frozen bodies of water. It became an Olympic sport at the 1924 Winter Games. Only men were allowed to compete until 1932 at Lake Placid when women were allowed to skate. However, women’s speed skating wasn’t officially included in the Olympics until 1960. ...continued

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• The famous ice skating rink in New York City’s Rockefeller Center opened on Christmas Day, 1936. Today over a quarter million people skate there every year. In 1967, the world’s largest man-made outdoor ice rink was created in Japan. The Fujikyu Highland Promenade Rink has an area of 165,750 square feet, or about 3.8 acres.

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Sugar is sweet and so are these facts from Tidbits in commemoration of Sugar Awareness Week January 14 - 20. • That crystalline substance we call sugar comes mainly from the juice of the sugar cane and sugar beet plants. It’s believed that the people of New Guinea were the first to domesticate sugar cane around 8,000 BC. The cultivation spread to Southeast Asia, China, and India. Those in India were the first to refine cane juice into granulated crystals in about the year 350 AD. Their methods involved grinding or pounding the cane to obtain the juice, which was then boiled and dried in the sun until it became a crystalline solid resembling gravel. • During the 1500s, the cultivation of sugar cane spread to the West Indies and South America. While visiting the Canary Islands in 1493, Christopher Columbus happened upon sugar cane plants, and transported the seedlings to the New World. By 1520, there were sugar mills in Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola. By 1540, there were nearly 3,000 sugar mills in the islands and South America. Today, Brazil is the world’s top sugar producer, with India a distant second. The United States ranks 9th in sugar production. • The white fleshy root of the sugar beet plant is rich in sucrose. Cultivation began in the mid-18th century, and today sugar beets account for 30% of world sugar production. • Table sugar is derived from sucrose, the sugar found in sugar cane and beets. Naturally-occurring fructose is from fruits, and is 50% sweeter than cane or beet sugar. Lactose is milk’s natural sweetener.

• For those looking for a less refined sugar, turbinado sugar, also known as sugar-in-the-raw is produced by crushing sugar cane to extract the juice, which is then spun in a centrifuge, or turbine, producing large crystals. More of the natural impurities are left behind along with a bit of a molasses flavor. • During the process of processing cane or beets into granulated sugar, a thick, dark syrup remains behind as a leftover. It’s what we know as molasses, a substance rich in vitamins and minerals present in the plants. When you stir brown sugar into your cookie recipe, you’re using refined white sugar that has a bit of molasses added to it. • It’s the recommendation of the World Health Organization that adults derive less than 10% of their daily calorie intake from added sugar or natural sugar. That’s about 25 grams of sugar for a 2,000 calorie diet. How much is 25 grams? One gram of sugar is ¼ tsp, so that makes 6.25 tsp. for 25 grams. Now consider the fact that a 12-oz. can of regular cola has approximately 39 grams of sugar. Do the math – that’s 9 teaspoons of sugar in one can! Those who drink one or two sodas or other sugar-sweetened beverages such as sports drinks, energy drinks, fruit drinks, and juices, a day, increase their risk of Type 2 diabetes by 26% compared to those who drink just one a month. • The average American consumes 82 grams of sugar every day, about 19.5 teaspoons, which adds up to about 152 pounds sugar in a year. Optimum consumption for a healthy diet is recommended at 5% of daily calorie intake.

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