TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, June 10, 2013

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Thank you for joining me today, readers! I hope you had a great weekend. Let's kick this Monday off right with a random assortment of facts...

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that."

HINT: 1898-1993, American Christian Reformed Pastor, Speaker, Author


RANDOM TIDBITS
A 'clue' originally meant a ball of thread. This is why one is said to 'unravel' the clues of a mystery.

The act of snapping one's fingers has a name. It is called a 'fillip.'

Measurements have nothing to do with a Ten-Gallon hat. The name comes from sombrero galon, which means 'braided hat' in Spanish.

Giant Sequoias in California's Sequoia National Park range from 2,000 to 2,100 years old and can measure 275 feet tall and 30 feet across.

30 percent of the degrees awarded in China and India are engineering degrees. In the US, that number is only 4 percent.

Each unit on the Richter Scale is equivalent to a power factor of about 32. So a 6 is 32 times more powerful than a 5.


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that."

ANSWER: Norman Vincent Peale.

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