TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, August 15, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I've been sitting here trying to think of something exciting to share with you, dear readers, and I realize that I've got NOTHING fun to tell you! Now that I am a homeowner, I haven't been going out too much, so the most exciting thing I did this weekend was laundry and grocery shopping.

It's funny how quickly my friends and I went from going out religiously every weekend to getting together once or twice a month. I guess this means we are growing up and learning how to be more responsible (or we're just broke)!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to
acquire wisdom, one must observe."

HINT: (1946-), American magazine columnist, author,
lecturer, and playwright who rose to fame through her
listing in the Guinness Book of World Records under
"Highest IQ".

RANDOM TIDBITS
Stephen Crane published his first book, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) under the pseudonym Johnston Smith, a name he made up from what were at that time the two most common names in the New York City phone book.

Thomas Gainsborough, painter of the Blue Boy, had it in his mind to contradict Sir Joshua Reynolds, who had maintained that blues could not be concentrated in painting.

John F. Kennedy's first book was Why England Slept. He donated all the money he made from the sale of the book in Great Britain to the city of Plymouth, which had been destroyed by German bombs.

Warren Harding was the first president to know how to drive an automobile.

Roman politicians wore spotless white togas when they went around campaigning. The Latin word for a person wearing such a white garment is candidatus; we now call politicians on the stump candidates.

Willie Sutton was perhaps America's most dedicated bank robber. When police searched his residence in 1930, they found 35 different driver's licenses, license plates, a box of made-up employment references, catalogs of architectural floor plans, union cards, seaman's identification, gas masks, weapons, and 3,000 rounds of ammunition.

VIDEO CLIP
Where Good Ideas Come From
Ever think about innovation? Take a 4-minute jaunt into Steven Johnson's theories of how innovation occurs over time. Very interesting and worthwhile!

Watch It Now: Where Good Ideas Come From


*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
I often eat junk, but also things with more bulk. What I eat, I do not consume, and what goes in my mouth comes back out of it. I don't speak to you, but you can still get information from me. I'm numbered among many friends.

What am I?

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."

ANSWER: Marilyn vos Savant.

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