TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

So this past weekend my boyfriend and I were invited to a Halloween costume party at a friend's house. We decided to wear costumes we already had since neither of us wanted to spend money on new costumes and didn't have much free time to be creative.

I spent most of Saturday afternoon stressing out trying to find the pieces to my gladiator girl outfit, only to find that part of the dress was torn and the shawl I had used to cover my back was missing.

I ended up cutting part of the fabric of the dress to make a new shawl, and fasten it so that it would stay up and also cover the piece that had torn. I was about to give up more than once, but I was determined to piece it together.

I put all of this effort into the costume and doing my hair, and then we get to the party to discover that only three other people were dressed up, two of them being the hosts of the party! Not only did we waste all this time getting into costume, but then we had to sit around in these awkward outfits all night long. Next time I think I'll go in my comfiest pjs and call that my costume!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life."

HINT: (1670-1729), English playwright and poet.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Large amounts of licorice were found in King Tut's tomb. Licorice, famed for its medicinal qualities as well as its taste, was a favorite of the pharaoh (and of many since).

The Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés brought home chocolate after conquering the Aztecs. Chocolate was said to be the favorite drink of the Aztec emperor Montezuma II.

Only one ingredient is used to make cotton candy. Ordinary granulated sugar is melted down before a special machine spins it into a lightweight web.

In the early 1800s spruce sap became the first popular chewing gum. Modern gum has its origins in chicle, the sap of the tropical sapodilla tree, first used in gum in the 1860s.

The Pez dispenser was intended to resemble a cigarette lighter. Invented in Austria in 1927, Pez was originally a candy marketed at adults who were trying to stop smoking. The plastic heads were a later addition.

There are eight colors in a roll of NECCO wafers: pink (wintergreen); orange (orange); yellow (lemon); green (lime); purple (clove); brown (chocolate); black (licorice); and white (cinnamon).

VIDEO CLIP
Impossible Slopes - Optical Illusion
This contraption is designed so that if observed from the right angle, it looks like the balls are rolling up its slopes. This makes for one cool optical illusion!

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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
Without a partner, I sit here mutely,
My grace and beauty for you to reckon.
Bright head above a regal neck, soft curves,
And promise of my rich voice do beckon.

I'm inevitably hollow, the fretful type,
But with practice, I could be your soul mate:
If you hold me just right, I'll resonate your spirit
In faultless pitch, your song to elevate.

What am I?

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life."

ANSWER: William Congreve.

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