TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Today's topic is on something that some people love, others dread, and some don't even have to deal with - snow! As a Chicagoan, snow is definitely something I have to deal with every year. I always love the first snowfall of the year because it looks so pretty, but by February I am ready for it to be gone. It gets old fast!

Enjoy!
Melissa


TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water."

HINT: (1922-), American actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The National Weather Service only classifies a snowstorm as a blizzard if it meets certain requirements. The blowing snow must reduce visibility to one quarter mile or less for at least three hours.

At any given time, snow covers approximately one quarter of the surface of the earth.

Snow actually helps the weather stay chilly. When the white stuff covers the ground, warming rays from the sun are reflected out into space, and heat has difficulty penetrating the ground, keeping temperatures lower.

In centuries past, tales of snow during warm weather have most commonly been attributed to nearby volcanic eruptions, after which white pieces of ash may float from the sky looking like snow.

Snowflakes take various shapes, but all are based on a hexagonal (six-sided) pattern inherent to the crystals in ice. The "arms" of a snowflake are technically known as dendrites.

Despite the regular heat, it does snow near the equator, but only in the very highest elevations, like 19,340-foot-tall Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water."

ANSWER: Carl Reiner.

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