TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Over the weekend, I had to keep an eye on my dad's cat Patches while he was out of town. When I stopped by on Sunday night to check on him, I heard a loud, buzzing noise when I walked into the house. I had a moment of panic until I realized it was just this small fountain they have on the floor of the back screened-in porch.

I guess they had forgotten to unplug it, and it was out of water and just running on fumes. I unplugged it, thinking it was no big deal, until I looked to the corner of the room and noticed two big green eyes staring at me in sheer terror.

Apparently, Patches didn't think it was no big deal, as he was cowered in the corner too petrified to move. Even after I unplugged the offending machine, he slouched past it as if it was going to jump out at him any second. I guess they aren't called fraidy cats for nothing, although you'd think they would be a little more fearless with nine lives and all!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted."

HINT: (1894-1991), American modern dancer and choreographer.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The three smallest bones in the human body are found in the middle ear: the malleus, the incus, and the stapes.

Wrist fractures are the most common broken bone injury in people under the age of 75. After that, the hip moves into first place.

Infants are born with up to 300 "soft" bones, many of which harden and fuse together as the baby grows. As an adult, a typical human adult's body contains 206 bones.

Stuntman Evil Knievel earned a place in the record books by having broken 35 bones during his career. He's suffered more than a dozen surgeries to repair them, including one to rebuild his pelvis after he shattered it during a motorcycle jump attempt in 1967.

The tingling you feel when you hit your "funny bone" occurs when the ulnar nerve hits the humerus bone in the arm. It's uncertain whether the "funny bone" nickname came about due to the strange sensation, the name of the bone itself, or both.

Men and women have the same number of ribs: 24. Fourteen true ribs connect to the spine and the sternum, six false ribs connect to the spine and the bottom true rib, and four floating ribs connect only to the spine.


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted."

ANSWER: Martha Graham.

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