My Daily Reading This Morning
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
United States
February 1, 2017 7:48am CST
It is my habit to read something of interest every morning to expand my BRAIN power. I try to learn something new and interesting every morning. So, I thought I would see if I could find something of interest about our first president, George Washington.
I found THREE things that I did not know before today.
1. There are ten lakes, eight streams and seven mountains in the U.S. named after George Washington.
2. One of the crops grown on George Washington’s farm was Marijuana.
3. According to a Fact-O-Pedia, “by 1779, as many as one in seven Americans in Washington’s army was black.”
What do you think?
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
1 Feb 17
That's a good and logical explanation otherwise he would be " Washingstoned"
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
2 Feb 17
Yes, hemp was used for various purposes. What do you mean by "sheets" or "tissues" exactly.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
1 Feb 17
I like to read, but other kinds of books. This holiday I read one of the last books written by Gabriel García Marquez, the colombian Nobel prize. It was about some newspaper people kidnapped by Pablo Escobar, the head of the Medellin cartel.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
2 Feb 17
That sounds like a very interesting book to read. What was the title of the book?
George grew pot??? 
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
2 Feb 17
@Shellyann36 Could be interesting, I guess. I wonder if smoke from "hemp" would have any affect. Hmmmm.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
2 Feb 17
Well, I'm finding out that what Washington grew on his farm was probably "hemp" used for making rope and other things. Not for smoking.
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@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
2 Feb 17
@IreneVincent Nor I, not a plant I've bothered with
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
1 Feb 17
No wonder George was so level headed about everything. He was able to be relaxed, huh, really interesting. Thank you for sharing! I should do this more. I am more of a random article on Wikipedia person from time to time.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
2 Feb 17
Others are telling me that what Washington grew on his land was "hemp," used for making ropes and not for smoking. I need to research it further.
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
2 Feb 17
Its always FUN to learn something new.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Feb 17
Now maybe young people will be interested in learning about Washington since he was a "pothead" lol!
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
2 Feb 17
Washington may not have "smoked" what was grown on his property. Hemp, I've been told, that was grown back in those days, was mainly for the purpose of making rope and other products. I'm doing some further research into the subject.
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