According to Wikipedia’s page for Copenhagen chewing tobacco there are many varieties of the snuff:
Copenhagen Original Snuff (Fine Cut): Introduced in 1822.
Copenhagen Original Long Cut: Introduced in 1997.
Copenhagen Original Pouches: Introduced in 2001.
Copenhagen Long Cut Straight: introduced in 2004.
Copenhagen Mid Cut Black: Available in 2002-2006.
Copenhagen Long Cut Wintergreen: Introduced in 2009.
Copenhagen Extra Long Cut Natural: Introduced in 2010.
Copenhagen Long Cut Black: Introduced in 2010 for trial. Re-introduced 9/24/11, 2013, and also late August 2014.
Copenhagen Wintergreen Pouches: Introduced in 2011.
Copenhagen Long Cut Southern Blend: Introduced in 2012.
Copenhagen Long Cut Mint: Introduced in 2013. (Available in selected test markets.)
Copenhagen Snus Mint Pouches: Introduced in 2013. (Available in selected test markets.)
Copenhagen Snus Wintergreen Pouches : Introduced in 2013. (Available in selected test markets.)
Copenhagen Snus Natural Pouches : Introduced in 2013. (Available in selected test markets.)
Cope Long Cut Whiskey Blend: Introduced in 2006.
Cope Long Cut Smooth Hickory: Introduced in 2006.
Cope Long Cut Straight: Introduced in 2006.
The Royal Australian Mint is located in the Canberra suburb of Deakin (named for former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin). It was formally opened by His Royal Highness Prince Philip on 22 February 1965.
The first task of the newly-opened Mint was to produce new coins for the introduction of decimal currency on 14 February 1966. Since then it has produced more than fourteen billion circulating coins. The Mint currently has the capacity to produce two million coins per day.
Australian bank notes are printed at a separate location in the outer Melbourne suburb of Craigieburn by Note Printing Australia.
The earliest possible date on which Easter Sunday can fall in the Gregorian calendar is 22 March. This last occurred in 1818 and will next occur in 2285.
The entire Gregorian Easter Cycle lasts for 5,700,000 years, and after this period the dates of Easter Sunday repeat in the same sequence. During those 5,700,000 years the least frequent Easter Sunday date is again 22 March, with only 27,550 occurrences i.e. 0.483% of the time.
On March 22, 1894, the first-ever Stanley Cup game was played and Montreal beat Ottawa.
On March 22, 1903, Niagara Falls went dry because of a drought.
On March 22, 1941, actor Jimmy Stewart was inducted into the Army to become the first major American movie star to wear a military uniform in WWII.
On March 22, 2014, the mudslide in Oso, Washington claimed the lives of 30 people; and Guinea confirmed 59 people had already been killed by the Ebola outbreak.
ETA… and,
On March 22, 2228, as we already know from 2 posts above, James T. Kirk will be born in Riverside, Iowa.
The Caroline Islands are just north of New Guinea in an area that was also called Nuevas Filipinas or New Philippines. This area was part of the Spanish East Indies and governed from Manila in the Philippines.
Joseph P. Kennedy was a very rich businessman. His Somerset Importers was the exclusive American agent for Gordon’s Gin and Dewar’s Scotch; he owned Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, the largest office building in the U.S.; etc. His granddaughter Caroline was the inspiration for Neil Diamond’s hit song “Sweet Caroline.”
At every Boston Red Sox home game, Diamond’s classic Sweet Caroline is played on the ballpark’s speakers before the bottom of the 8th inning. The sing-along song has become such a Fenway staple that it was even included in the 2005 movie Fever Pitch.
When George, Prince of Wales met his first cousin and bride-to-be Princess Caroline of Brunswick, he turned to his manservant and said “Harris, I am not well; pray get me a glass of brandy”. The relationship between the pair went downhill from there.
At their wedding three days later Lord Melbourne described George as “quite drunk” and “like a man going to his execution”. According to Caroline, George spent most of their wedding night lying drunk in the grate. At some stage though he steeled himself to do his marital duty at least once, as nine months later the couple’s daughter, Charlotte, was born. By then George and Caroline had separated permanently.
The Lena River, with source near Lake Baikal and outlet into the Arctic Ocean, ranks 8th among the world’s rivers by size of its drainage area, and 11th by length.
The Canindeyu Department of Paraguay has an area of 5,663 square miles and a population of 140,551. Its name is the Guarani language word for the Blue and yellow Macaw. Caninde is the generic word for macaw, a large parrot-like bird, and yu means yellow.
Both 2010: The Year We Make Contact and an episode (“The Naked Now”) of Star Trek: The Next Generation referred to the Soviet Union existing in the future, as they were filmed before the Communist nation’s collapse.
