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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

If you're a fan of Twinkies, you should definitely enjoy
today's trivia tidbits on the history of this tasty snack.
I'm pretty sure my boyfriend keeps Hostess in business
with as many boxes of Twinkies as he buys. If he could eat
them for every meal, I think that he would!

Enjoy!
Melissa

Email Melissa: mailto:melissa@gophercentral.com

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "You have succeeded in life when all you really want
is only what you really need."

HINT: (1918-1992), American spiritual teacher, author, and
philosopher.

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RANDOM TIDBITS

Twinkies were invented in 1930, at the beginning of the
Great Depression by James A. Dewar, a plant manager at
Continental Baking Company (Hostess? parent company).

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The original Twinkies filling was a banana-flavored creme.
However, during World War II, there was a shortage of
banana, so the filling was switched to vanilla.

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There are 17 Hostess bakeries across the countries cranking
out 500 million Twinkies every year. It takes 40,000 miles
of plastic wrap a year to package them. At 150 Calorie a
piece, all those Twinkies have the energy equivalent to
nearly 51,500 barrels of crude oil.

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Dewar had a hard time coming up with a name for his new
snack until he drove past a billboard for the Twinkle Toes
Shoes factory in St. Louis. A friend suggested the name
?Twinkle Fingers?, and Dewar shortened it to Twinkies.

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In 1986, Twinkies were a central figure in a political
scandal known as ?Twinkiegate?. 71-year-old George Belair,
a Minneapolis City Council candidate was indicted for
serving coffee, Kool-Aid, Twinkies and other sweets to
court the senior citizen votes. This led to the passage of
the Minnesota Campaign Act, more commonly known as Twinkies
Law. Belair lost the election, and the charges against him
were later dropped.

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The White House put a Twinkie in their time capsule for
the new millennium, as ?an object of enduring American
symbolism.?

(www.neatorama.com)

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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***

I've been drawn by the artists these days, and of old;
Yet I'm seen only when all around me is cold.

For most of the time you just live and ignore me;
Then you gasp for me, stop for me, mutter below me.

You might say, in surprise, I've been taken away,
But it's true I've been with you, at least 'til today.

When I leave you, you leave too!

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
michele@gophercentral.com your complete name and
address to be shipped your prize.

Be sure to put "Winner" in the subject line.

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QUOTE: "You have succeeded in life when all you really want
is only what you really need."

ANSWER: Vernon Howard.

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