TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, June 22, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

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The other day my friend Liz from high school and I were talking about one day long ago when she was at my house. I grew up near a creek where birds, ducks, and other small animals were native. Liz, on the other hand, was a city girl through and through.

Well, a few of us were hanging out in my front yard observing some ducks who were waddling down the street, when Liz decided to follow them and see what would happen. Much to her shock and amazement, the ducks took off flying when she got too close for comfort.

She stopped, looked over at us, and asked incredulously, "Ducks can fly!?!" She had never been around ducks before, and obviously was not aware that they could fly! She still has not lived that one down!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them."

HINT: (1895-1990), American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and influential literary critic.


RANDOM TIDBITS
All types of ducks are part of the bird family Anatidae, and there are species of ducks found worldwide on every continent except Antarctica.

Ducks are precocial, which means that ducklings are covered with down and able to walk and leave the nest just a few hours after hatching.

A duck's bill is specialized to help it forage in mud and to strain food from the water. A hard nail at the tip of the bill helps with foraging, and a comb-like structure on the sides of the bill strains small insects and crustaceans from water.

It is a myth that a duck's quack won't echo. This has been conclusively disproved through different scientific acoustic tests, and was even featured as "busted" on an episode of the Discovery Channel show Mythbusters.

Ducks have been domesticated as pets and farm animals for more than 500 years, and all domestic ducks are descended from either the mallard or the Muscovy duck.

Ducks are omnivorous, opportunistic eaters and will eat grass, aquatic plants, insects, seeds, fruit, fish, crustaceans and other types of food.


*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
You have one of me and I'm easy to touch,
I'm hard to look at, but you can in a clutch.

Yet you're told to watch me, or get your friends'.
I'm often referred to when you make amends.

You can throw me out but not away,
I cause many pain, every day.

What am I?

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them."

ANSWER: Lewis Mumford.

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