TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Happy Leap Day everybody! It's a day that happens only once every four years, so we better make it count. Does anybody have a birthday that falls on February 29? I always wondered about that. Do you celebrate it on the 28th usually? Or on March 1? Or maybe some of you just celebrate it every four years and age verrrry slowly...haha! In any case, have a great day!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility."

HINT: (1876-1962), British historian, many of his writings promoted the Whig Party.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The word "cotton" is an English version of the Arabic qutun or kutun, a generic term meaning fancy fabric. Back in the day, a popular name for cotton was "vegetable wool."

Cotton seeds are tough enough to survive travel across oceans on the wind, which explains why similar varieties can grow thousands of miles apart.

The Cotton Museum is a historical and cultural museum that opened in March 2006 on the former trading floor of the Memphis Cotton Exchange at 65 Union Avenue in downtown Memphis.

Cotton has been cultivated around the world for more than 5,000 years. Each country managed to develop similar tools to clean, prepare, spin, and weave it.

Cotton is also a food crop. Cottonseed oil is used in margarine, salad dressing, as well as feed for livestock and poultry.

The cotton gin is where cotton fiber is separated from the cotton seed. The first step in the ginning process is when the cotton is vacuumed into tubes that carry it to a dryer to reduce moisture and improve the fiber quality.


VIDEO CLIP
Even the Red Carpet is Going Green
Want to prevent global warming? Then find out what stars like Penelope Cruz and Chevy Chase are doing to minimize their ecological footprint. We'll bring you up close with one of Hollywood's hottest eco-couture designers, Linda Loudermilk.

Watch It Now: Even the Red Carpet is Going Green


*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
A cheerful shape,
a burial place,
and you find me on Washington's back.
What am I?

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility."

ANSWER: G. M. Trevelyan.

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