TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, December 26, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I am really glad I took today off work. I'm very grateful to have so many Christmas festivities to attend, but now I am feeling worn out! I need a day to recover, clean, and relax with my boyfriend. It's so rare we actually have a day off together!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope."

HINT: (1853-1937), American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), America's most famous female poet, published only seven poems in her lifetime; all were published anonymously and against her will. It wasn't until after her death, at 56, that her nearly 2000 poems were discovered.

Sharks and rays share the same kind of skin: instead of scales, they have small tooth-like spikes called denticles. The spikes are so sharp that shark skin has long been used as sandpaper.

During the first 90 years of this century, the USA dominated the race for the title of the tallest building in the world. In 1974 Chicago's Sears Tower was completed, and generally seen as the 'tallest building' in the world. Sears Tower held on to that title for over 20 years.

More than 50 percent of the people who are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States and who go untreated still survive.

A mile on the ocean and a mile on land are not the same distance. On the ocean, a nautical mile measures 6,080 feet. A land or statute mile is 5,280 feet.

To clean tarnished copper bottoms of pots and pans, spread a little ketchup onto the bottom. Let it sit for about one minute. Wipe it clean and rinse.


VIDEO CLIP
Rare Sighting of Ancient Shark
A rare frill shark has been caught off the coast of Japan after a fisherman reported seeing an odd-looking eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth. Watch a clip of this interesting creature.

Watch It Now: Rare Sighting of Ancient Shark


*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
I am around long before dawn.
But by lunch I am usually gone.
You can see me summer, fall, and spring.
I like to get on everything.
But when winter winds start to blow;
Burr, then it's time for me to go!
What am I?

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope."

ANSWER: Edgar Howe.

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