TRIVIA TODAY - Friday, January 1, 2016

Greetings Infomaniacs,

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

What falls but doesn't break, and what breaks but doesn't fall?

ANSWER: Night and day

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting; there are only uninterested people."

HINT: (1894-1984), American theatre critic who worked for The New York Times from 1925 to 1960.

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Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" was penned by beloved children's author Shel Silverstein.

M&M's actually stands for "Mars & Murrie's," the last names of the candy's founders.

Carly Simon's dad is the Simon of Simon and Schuster. He co-founded the company.

In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.

In 1999, Furbies were banned from the National Security Agency's Maryland headquarters because it was feared the toys might repeat national security secrets.

Kool-Aid was originally marketed as "Fruit Smack."

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting; there are only uninterested people."

ANSWER: Brooks Atkinson.

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