Today - May 21 国际足联为什么叫FIFA?


May 21, 1904
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) was founded in Paris, France. 
In case you wonder why the acronym is FIFA, it is the initials of the French name Fédération Internationale de Football Associatio. 

FIFA is the international governing body of not only soccer but also beach soccer and futsal(五人制足球).

Today is 
World Whisky Day 
(the third Saturday in May)

Fun facts
How do you spell it? Whisky or Whiskey? 
It is spelled whisky, without the "e," in Scotland and Canada, and in other countries as whiskey, with the "e."
Who invented whisky?
No one knows, but it is believed to be initially crafted by the monks in Scottish monasteries.
That's why many people dub whisky as Holy SPIRIT. (Did you get the pun?)

What does the word whisky even mean?
Whisky comes from Gaelic(盖尔语), meaning "water of life." 
Whisky is not remote from beer.
Whisky actually is distilled beer - made from "wort"(麦芽)which is one of the main ingredients of beer.  

May 21, 1935
Jane Addams, the American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, and sociologist, died at age 74.
She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 - the first American woman to receive that honor. 
The Nobel Peace Prize 1931 was awarded jointly to Jane Addams and Nicholas Murray Butler "for their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind."
- Nobel Prize
*https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1931/summary/
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