FRIDAY, APRIL 9th, 2021
JUMBO SIZE PLEASE!
Ever flown on a Jumbo Jet, had
Jumbo shrimp. or just a Jumbo sized
snack package? Well today's the day
the word, or rather name, Jumbo, became
popular in america! It was on this date in
1882! That's the day circus owner P.T. Barnum
brought Jumbo the elephant to the U.S. Barnum
bought Jumbo from the London Zoo where he
had been a ,pst popular attraction. In fact, 100,000
school kids wrote to the Queen asking her to stop
the sale. There was a lawsuit, but Barnum won
and Jumbo immediately became his start attraction.
As a matter of fact in just three weeks of appearances
at Madison Square Garden, Barnum made back the
$10,000 he paid for the elephant! Unfortunately
Jumbo wasn't around all that long. In 1885 after a
performance in a town in Ontario, Canada, Jumbo
was struck and killed by a train while being taken
back to his pen! And that's neither an old wife's.
or elephant's tail! It's the truth! At least now you
know where the term, pr name, Jumbo, comes from!
Hope you're well and that all your NEWS is good!
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