#July3 is National Eat Your #Beans Day! #CoolBeans! for the #BirthdayCohort of @TomCruise & #KurtwoodSmith @TahitiSmith & ... you? (and others) | @NationalDayCal @MNT

Along with Tom Cruise & Kurtwood Smith (Red from THAT 70's SHOW), Eat-Your-Beans Day (in the first part of Baked Beans Month) also celebrates the births of Olivia Munn, Montel Williams, Bharti Singh (I've never heard of her, but I think she's the first "stand-up comedian" I've ever seen on one o' these lists), Emperor Valentinian I, acclaimed director Ken Russell, writer David Barry (CBS sitcom Dave's World, etc.), Julian Assange (founder of WikiLeaks), and many other 'Karkas'

'That word' (below-hyperlinked to National Day Calendar's announcement of the foods celebrated today) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...

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The word “Beans” (#Bean #Beanie #BeanCounter #HillOfBeans #BeanBall #BeanShooter #MagicBeans #LuckyBeans #DoesNotKnowBeans (#NotKnowBeansFromPorridge #NotKnowBeansWhenTheBagIsOpen #NotKnowHowManyBeansMakeFive) #Beanstalk #ButterBeans #BeanBag #Soybean #Beanery #Beanpole #Jellybean) is built on ancient Germanic names for the |Legume or -|Pea 

(and it's often used as slang for the Head, probably related to Baseball-Pitches that |Hit the Batter's |Skull (if not for the Head-like shape of the typical #Bean).

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NDC--before they go on to tell us it's also National Chocolate Wafer Day & National Fried Clam Day--tell us that most beans are a good source of Protein, Complex Carbohydrates, Folates, Fiber & Iron (and they link to a good source on even more health stuff).

Meanwhile; my Heart of the Nation calendar tells us that 'we' (Catholics) are celebrating with clergy who are wearing Green Vestments for the current season 👼🏼