Trivia Today - Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I have been hooked on the History Channel series Modern Marvels recently. The show focuses on how technologies affect and are used in today's society. It's pretty cool.

Yesterday I was watching the Amazing Gadgets Countdown, which featured the top ten gizmos that showcase the wonder of human ingenuity.

A couple of these included the Etch-A-Sketch and the zipper! Inspired by the episode, I have found some cool facts about modern marvels for today's issue.

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."

HINT: (1809-1894), American physician, poet, writer, humorist and professor at Harvard.


RANDOM TIDBITS
For a product to be labeled "Made in the USA" the Federal Trace Commission requires that at least 70 % of the parts and labor come from the United States.

The FBI's fingerprint database is the largest in the world. It receives 34,000 new fingerprint cards a day.

On its first night of operation in 1982, the UPS Worldport facility processed 2,000 packages. It now handles that number in 30 seconds.

On June 19th, 1885, the French frigate "Isere" delivered the Statue of Liberty to the United States. For transit, it was broken down into 350 pieces and packed into 214 crates.

In the 1960 Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California, officials were unsure if a skier had missed a gate in the men's slalom. They asked a broadcaster if they could review the videotape and the "instant replay" was born.

The tuna's ultra efficient swimming ability has inspired the U.S. Navy to commission construction of a robotic tuna for surveillance missions.


*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
A trail, a union, together tied.
Come across me and you will find,
you cannot change the course I'm on,
without me you cannot travel on.

What am I?

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."

ANSWER: Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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