TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Did you know that September is National Coupon Month? Well, you do now! To honor the almighty coupon, here are some fun facts for you to impress your friends with today!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "It's good to have money and the things money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy."

HINT: (1867-1937), American journalist and author best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Coca-Cola inventor John Pemberton was the founding father of coupons. He offered certificates try the new fangled soda pop for free in 1887.

C.W. Post offered the a penny-off coupon on Grape Nuts cereal in 1895.

The most frugal cities are Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa, Nashville and Charlotte.

So far in 2013, 305 billion coupons circulated and 2.9 billion have been redeemed.

The top coupon retailers are Walmart, Kroger, Target, Walgreens, and Pulbix.

Coupon-using celebs include Kristen Bell, Jay Leno and Lady Gaga, who tweets about using coupons at the grocery store. Bell says she's been know to steal coupons out of neighbors' mailboxes.

(sun-sentinel.com)


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "It's good to have money and the things money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy."

ANSWER: George Horace Lorimer.

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