TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I just finished interviewing for a position here at the library to be in charge of Public Relations. Currently, my boss has the job, but she is leaving next month to be a full-time mommy.

I've been helping out with her duties since she's been on maternity leave, so I'm hoping I have a good chance of getting the job.

This was my second interview, and it included the director of the library and four department heads. Talk about intense! I feel like I did well, but I guess I will find out soon!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate."

HINT: (1733-1804), English chemist and clergyman.

RANDOM TIDBITS
The Boston Nation, a newspaper published in Ohio during the mid-nineteenth century, had pages 7 1/2 feet long and 5 1/2 feet wide. It required two people to hold the paper in proper reading position.

When using the first pay phones (installed in an office building in New Haven, Connecticut in June 1880), a caller did not put coins in the machine. Instead, he or she gave them to an attendant who stood next to the phone. Coin telephones did not appear until 1899.

The first operators employed by the Bell Telephone Company were young boys who worked standing up. Only after several years did it occur to anybody to provide them with chairs.

The Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, has 68,000 miles of telephone lines.

On Nov. 9, 1965, the day of the great blackout in the northeastern U.S., 62 million phone calls were placed in New York City during a 24-hour period.

Of all professionals in the U.S., journalists are credited with having the largest vocabulary - approximately 20,000 words.

VIDEO CLIP
Making a Call - The Three Stooges
Shemp needs to find a wife so he can inherit a family fortune. He's called every woman he knows except one. With one nickel left he and Moe try to make a call.

Watch it Now: The Three Stooges: Making a Call

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate."

ANSWER: Joseph Priestly.

*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
Discovered in Africa, I spread like a tide
To become a hot staple known the world wide.
A necessity to some, a treasure to many,
I'm best enjoyed among pleasant company.

Some like me hot and some like me cold.
Some prefer mild, others only bold.
Some take me straight, while some like to savor
My essence to which has been added a flavor.

So put down your cares and sit awhile with me;
I'll send you back refreshed and full of energy.

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