{"id":1511,"date":"2008-07-04T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2008-07-03T21:27:55","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T02:27:55","slug":"happy-fourth-of-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=1511","title":{"rendered":"Happy Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that, on this day in 1776, “the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation”? Furthermore, “this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country”? Thanks, US Census Bureau<\/a>! Of more interest is the 3 in 4 chance that any fresh tomatoes eaten on hamburgers1<\/a><\/sup> comes from Florida or California. No word from the FDA about what your chance of catching Salmonella from those tomatoes is.<\/p>\n

For my American friends, happy Fourth of July. For my non-American friends, enjoy an Internet whose tubes are less clogged with Americans.<\/p>\n

<\/a>1<\/sup> The US Census Bureau actually talks about fresh tomatoes eaten in salad. Really, US Census Bureau? Salad?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you know that, on this day in 1776, “the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation”? Furthermore, “this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country”? Thanks, US Census Bureau! Of … Continue reading Happy Fourth of July<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t