TRIVIA TODAY - October 24, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Congratulations to "Paula Fowler" who won this week's "Mind Scrambler". Here was the scrambler:

I make a loud noise when changing my jacket and become larger but weigh less later. What am I?

ANSWER: Popcorn.

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar."

HINT: (1770-1850), was a major English Romantic poet who helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The abbreviation for pound, lb., comes from the astrological sign Libra.

An erythrophobe is someone who blushes easily.

The handle of a bucket or a kettle is called the bail.

A gnomon is the thing that casts a shadow on a sundial.

Illegible handwriting is known as griffonage.

Mediterranean means "middle of the world." That's what people used to think it was.


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar."

ANSWER: William Wordsworth.

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