TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, June 6, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I hope that everyone had a nice weekend! I attended a party for my godson's 6th birthday, and my aunt rented one of those bouncy castles for the afternoon. My boyfriend and I decided to try jumping around in it for a few minutes.

The next thing I knew we were playing tag with some of the older kids, and acting as babysitters for the little ones whose parents didn't want to climb into the castle.

I never realized what a workout I could get from playing around in one of those things. It was fun to pretend to be a kid again, but the next day my knees let me know that I am NOT a little kid anymore!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

HINT: (1885-1945), United States Army officer best known for his leadership while commanding corps and armies as a general during World War II.

RANDOM TIDBITS
Sauerkraut was renamed 'Liberty Cabbage' by Americans during World War I. In their denunciation of all things German, some Americans actually kicked dachshunds.

Samuel Morse did not really invent the telegraph. He managed to get all the necessary information for the invention from the American physicist Joseph Henry, and later denied that Henry had helped him. Henry easily proved the contrary in a court trial. Morse did, however, invent the Morse code.

A device invented as a primitive steam engine by the Greek engineer Hero, about the time of the birth of Christ, is used today as a rotating lawn sprinkler.

Opium frequently was used as a painkiller by army doctors during the U.S. Civil War. By the end of the war, according to conservative estimates, 100,000 soldiers were addicted to opium--at a time when the total population of the country was only 40 million.

In the 1950's Wheaties stopped using athletes on their boxes and started using Disney figurines. Sales went down 15%. General Mills had a meeting and decided to recall their sports stars. The Disney boxes are valuable today.

Researchers have discovered that events such as pleasant family celebrations or evenings with friends boost the immune system for the following two days. Unpleasant moments had the opposite effect.

*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never sees. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fear. What is it?

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QUOTE: "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

ANSWER: George S. Patton.