TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, January 12, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Well, winter has made its way to the Chicagoland area in the form of bitter cold temperatures and snow.

I am grateful for a warm place to live...especially after coming home from work on the coldest night of the year (so far) last week and having no electricity! I'm not sure who else that would happen to except for me!

Thankfully, I have family near me so I was able to crash at someone's house until the power was restored the next day, but I definitely haven't been taking it for granted since then!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

HINT: Was a philosopher and poet of ancient China, best known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical Taoism.


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

ANSWER: Lao Tzu.

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