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TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, January 3, 2011
Greetings Infomaniacs,
Welcome to 2011! I hope that this year is good to all of you!
This year is all about growing up for me. I am going back to
school in two weeks to start working towards my Master's
degree, and soon I will be moving out on my own for the first
time. It's a tad scary, but I am excited and optimistic for
the future!
Enjoy!
Melissa
Email Melissa: mailto:melissa@gophercentral.com
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: ?Where a new invention promises to be useful, it
ought to be tried.?
HINT: (1762-1826), American 3rd US President, author of the
Declaration of Independence.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
The tin canister, or can, was invented in 1810 by a
Londoner, Peter Durand. The year before, French confectioner,
Nicolas Appert, had introduced the method of canning food
by sealing the food tightly inside a glass bottle or jar
and then heating it.
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Tin canning was not widely adopted until 1846, when a
method was invented to increase can production from six in
an hour to 60. The products labels would read: ?cut around
on the top near to outer edge with a chisel and hammer.?
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The can opener was invented in 1858 by American Ezra
Warnet. There also is a claim that Englishman Robert
Yeates invented the can opener in 1855. The can opener
didn't become popular until ten years later when it was
given away for free with canned beef.
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VIDEO CLIP
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Another Invention Gone Bad
Dick Van Dyke stars as an eccentric professor that invents
wacky machinery, but can't seem to make ends meet.
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=1474
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The well-known wheel-style opener was invented in 1925.
Beer in a can was launched in 1935. The easy-open can lid
was invented by Ermal Cleon Fraze in 1959.
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Since 1972, some 64 million tons of aluminum cans (about 3
trillion cans) have been produced. Placed end-to-end, they
could stretch to the moon about a thousand times.
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Recycling cans saves 95% of the energy required to make
aluminum from ore, or the equivalent of 18 million barrels
of oil, or 10.8 billion kilowatt hours. Used aluminum cans
that are recycled return to store shelves within 60 days.
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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
My author's uncertain yet my title's the same,
I contain random text yet order's my aim.
Read me one day and see my pages are totally bare.
Try again another day and the words will be there.
I'm not a book of magic although it may sound,
I can predict the future, and inside, your life can be found.
Move my eye, I become involved in lactic extraction.
But that's just a clue, a minor distraction.
What am I?
Submit your answer by visiting: http://gopherarchives.gophercentral.com/TheDailyTease.aspx
Answer will be posted in Friday's Trivia Today. Good Luck!
If your name appears in Friday's newsletter,
email me your complete name and address and I will ship
your prize.
Be sure to put "Winner" in the subject line.
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QUOTE: ?Where a new invention promises to be useful, it
ought to be tried.?
ANSWER: Thomas Jefferson.
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