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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Greetings Infomaniacs,
On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress drafts its
rationale for taking up arms against Great Britain in the
Articles of War.
Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, one of the best-
selling novels of all time, is published on this day in
1936.
Just three days after the United Nations Security Council
voted to provide military assistance to South Korea,
President Harry S. Truman orders U.S. armed forces to assist
in defending that nation from invading North Korean armies.
On this day in 1953, the first production Corvette is built
at the General Motors facility in Flint, Michigan.
On June 30, 1962, Sandy Koufax strikes out 13 batters and
walks five to lead the Brooklyn Dodgers to victory over the
New York Mets 5-0 with his first career no-hitter.
Enjoy!
Melissa
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "I do not want to get to the end of my life and find
that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived
the width of it as well."
HINT: (1948 - ), American author, poet, and naturalist known
best for A Natural History of the Senses.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means
it can be recycled practically an infinite amount of times.
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The Achilles tendon located in the heel of the foot was named
after one of the most famous mythical characters from Ovid's
'Illiad'. In an attempt to immortalize her son, Thetis
(Achilles' Mother) dipped Achilles into the River Styx,
holding him by his ankle. Therefore his ankle became the
only part of his body capable of sustaining a mortal wound.
This is why he strongest tendon in the foot acquired the
name of Achilles tendon.
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Captain Cook lost 41 of his 98 crew to scurvy (a lack of
vitamin C) on his first voyage to the South Pacific in 1768.
By 1795 the importance of eating citrus was realized, and
lemon juice was issued on all British Navy ships.
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Charles Dickens had two pet ravens, both known as Grip.
Upon Grip I's demise, Dickens had his beloved bird stuffed.
These days, Grip can be seen at the Free Library of
Philadelphia's Rare Books Department, where he stands guard
over the Poe and Dickens collections.
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The Nobel Peace Prize, first awarded in 1901 to Henry Dunant,
founder of the Red Cross, and jointly to Frederic Passy, a
leading international pacifist of the time, depicts three
naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders on the
reverse.
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The inscription on the medal reads: Pro pace et fraternitate
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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
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QUOTE: "I do not want to get to the end of my life and find
that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived
the width of it as well."
ANSWER: Diane Ackerman.
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