THE JELLY BEAN VOTING TEST: THERE WAS NOTHING SWEET ABOUT IT.

  JELLY BEANS   Have you ever been in a shop or at an event, and there was a game asking you to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar, so that you could potentially win a prize? Sounds like easy and yummy fun, right?  No one knows exactly when jelly beans first arrived in the US, but they have been here for well over 100 years. They were a popular penny candy by the late 19th Century, and were common enough by 1905 for “jelly bean” to have been included in Webster’s dictionary. They are now available in dozens of flavors, and National Jelly Bean Day is April 22nd.  President Ronald Reagan was known for his love of jelly beans. In fact, he kept an ever-present jar on The Resolute Desk in The Oval Office (to try to wean himself from cigarettes) and famously said: “You can tell a lot about a fella's character by his way of eating jellybeans.” You can even purchase a jar of Reagan / Jelly Belly® jelly beans from The Reagan Library, for $37, if the jar is glass, or $...