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Americans never cease to amaze me, as we seem to make a holiday or observance for just about everything and anything. Here is a unique list of observances and holidays that I would be willing to bet you never have heard of most of them:

Alcohol Awareness Month
Amateur Radio Month
Autism Awareness Month
Cancer Control Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Financial Literacy Month
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month

Americans are buried in debt…

According to the Federal Reserve, consumers had racked up $944 billion in revolving credit debt by the end of last year.

If you run debt up so high that you can only make the minimum payment and you will soon find yourself in a situation that you cannot get out of.

For example, if you have $17,000 of unsecured debt, like credit cards, the first $400 you send in each month won’t even reduce the $17,000, it’s just taking care of the interest. What’s more, if you miss a payment, you may get hit with the “universal default” clause that is included in most credit card agreements - which gives your credit card issuers the right to raise your rates in any way that they see fit. This can cause your interest rates to soar and, in some cases, can double your monthly payments. Penalty rates can run from 19 to 24 percent, and folks with bad credit could see a rate of 29% or more!

Okay, growing up there was a popular saying around here among men. “If I could get prgnant, I would be rich”. I’m sure you heard it? No? Well anyways, we have a winner, by a man named Thomas Beattie, who lives in Oregon and is married to his wife Nancy.

Thomas is a transgender, legally male, and legally married to his female wife, Nancy.

Unlike couples in same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships, or civil unions, Thomas and Nancy are afforded the more than 1,100 federal rights of marriage. Sterilization is not a requirement for sex reassignment, so Thomas decided to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept his reductive organs.

Thomas claims “to have a biological child is not a male or female desire, but a human desire”.

This could be the weirdest news story to ever break on the planet, and I definately do believe Thomas and Nancy will become very wealthy if the birth is a success.