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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Greetings Infomaniacs,
I would just like to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving
tomorrow. I have every reason to be thankful this year. In
June, my cousin donated a kidney to me, and I can never thank
her enough for her amazingly selfless act. The kidney is
working beautifully, and I am feeling better than I have in
a few years. Everyday I am grateful for this incredible gift
of life!
Enjoy!
Melissa
Email Melissa: mailto:melissa@gophercentral.com
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "We can only be said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
HINT: (1897-1975), American playwright and novelist, author
of the play Our Town.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to
commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after
a harsh winter. In that year Governor William Bradford
proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The colonists celebrated
it as a traditional English harvest feast, to which they
invited the local Wampanoag Indians.
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During the mid-1800s, poet and editor Sarah J. Hale began
lobbying for a national Thanksgiving holiday. In 1863
President Abraham Lincoln gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation,
declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.
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At one time, the turkey and the bald eagle were each
considered as the national symbol of America. Benjamin
Franklin was one of those who argued passionately on behalf
of the turkey. Franklin felt the turkey, although "vain and
silly", was a better choice than the bald eagle, whom he
felt was "a coward".
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Turkey is found going for a jog on the tollway!
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than
45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at
Thanksgiving?that's one sixth of all turkeys sold in the
U.S. each year.
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The cranberry got its name because the pale pink blossoms
on the plant resembled a crane?s head and neck. The name
craneberry stuck, eventually becoming cranberry.
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The average age of the Mayflower passenger was 32. The
oldest Mayflower passenger was 64.
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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
We are few to the wise;
We are abundant to the drunken;
We can calm the beast and are precious to the child;
We can devour the heart, without piercing the skin.
What are we?
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QUOTE: "We can only be said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
ANSWER: Thornton Wilder.
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