TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, June 25, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Tonight is my last class for the first part of my summer semester. Then, I will have eight whole days before the new class begins! Tonight's class is more like a "party" since everyone is bringing food to share and we will toast with some sparkling cider. It's funny, in grad school I have been fed more snacks than ever before, even in grammar school. It's a nice little motivator to get through some of those long lectures!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair."

HINT: (1588-1679), English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev presented Caroline Kennedy with a puppy named Pushinka in 1960. Pushinka's mother was Strelka, one of two dogs who had successfully been launched into space and returned safely on Sputnik 5.

Calvin Coolidge's roster of pets included a donkey, a pygmy hippopotamus, a bear cub, an antelope, and a pair of lion cubs, most of which were gifts from foreign leaders and diplomats. But of all his four-legged friends, his very favorite was a raccoon named Rebecca.

When the Hoover family moved to the White House, Herbert's son Allan brought his pet alligators with them. The alligators slept in a bathtub at night but had free roam of the Executive Mansion during the day, which invited more than a few startled looks from visiting dignitaries.

Theodore Roosevelt's sons had a favorite pet: a calico Shetland pony named Algonquin. When young Archie Roosevelt was confined to his bed with the measles, his brother Quentin came up with the perfect plan to cheer him up. He quietly led Algonquin inside the White House, into the elevator, and up into Archie's second floor bedroom.

President William Howard Taft pampered his pet cow, Pauline. When she wasn't outside grazing on the front lawn, she sought shelter in the White House garage among the president's four automobiles. Pauline earned her keep, however - she provided fresh milk for the first family.

The most pampered presidential pet was Fala, the Scottish Terrier that was Franklin Roosevelt's constant companion. He traveled with Roosevelt by train, car, and plane. The president always personally fed Fala by hand, and the pooch slept in a chair at the foot of FDR's bed.


VIDEO CLIP
Patches the Horse
In this clip see how Patches the Horse proves that even the largest of pets have personality by taking joy rides and munching on cheese burgers. Also featured in this clip, a couple of guys with way too much time on their hands.

Watch It Now: Patches the Horse


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair."

ANSWER: Thomas Hobbes.

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