TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I just finished a 15-page paper for class on the breakfast cereal manufacturing industry. Needless to say, I have had cereal on the brain for days! Enjoy some fun facts about cereal...the food often enjoyed for the most important meal of the day!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "It is well for people who think, to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean."

HINT: (1849-1926), American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Cereal was invented when colonial housewives started serving up popcorn with sugar and cream for breakfast.

The word cereal comes from Cerealia, the name of ancient Roman ceremonies that honored Ceres, the goddess of grain.

The first ready-to-eat breakfast cereal was invented in 1863 by James C. Jackson. It was a form of whole grain flour dough baked into dry leaves, broken into chunks and baked again, and then ground into still smaller chunks.

U.S. and Israeli researchers have just found strong evidence that humans refined wheat and barley into cereal 23,000 years ago. If true, the discovery suggests humans were processing grains long before hunter-gather societies developed agriculture.

Breakfast cereal is the third most popular item sold in grocery stores after carbonated beverages and milk.

Astronauts from Apollo 11 boosted their brain power while in space with a cereal breakfast. The cereal was mixed with fruit and pressed into cubes since the lack of gravity kept the astronauts from pouring it into a bowl with milk.


VIDEO CLIP
Cereal Mascot Therapy
Here's a funny therapy session I think everyone should sit in on. Watch your favorite cereal characters learn to think outside the back of the box. Can you name what cereal goes with the mascot? (Warning: SOME BAD LANGUAGE)!!

Watch It Now: Cereal Mascot Therapy


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I have forests yet no trees.
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "It is well for people who think, to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean."

ANSWER: Luther Burbank.

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