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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Greetings Infomaniacs,
I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow, and that you all have something to be thankful for! I have been blessed with a wonderful family, friends and fiance - the 3 F's. Oh yeah, and food! I am thankful for all of it!
Enjoy!
Melissa
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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The unthankful heart...discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"
HINT: (1813-1887), was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial.
RANDOM TIDBITS
TV dinners have Thanksgiving to thank. In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving -- by 26 TONS! Some industrious soul came up with a brilliant plan: Why not slice up the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side? Thus, the first TV dinner was born!
There are four places in the U.S. named Turkey. Louisiana's Turkey Creek is the most populous, with a whopping 440 residents. There's also Turkey, Texas; Turkey, North Carolina; and Turkey Creek, Arizona. Oh, let's not forget the two townships in Pennsylvania: the creatively named Upper Turkeyfoot and Lower Turkeyfoot!
Going shopping?: Not if you're a plumber. Black Friday is the busiest day of the year for them, according to Roto-Rooter, the nation's largest plumbing service. After all, someone has to clean up after household guests who "overwhelm the system."
When Abe Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday, it was thanks to the tireless efforts of a magazine editor named Sarah Josepha Hale. Her other claim to fame? She also wrote the nursery rhyme, "Mary had a Little Lamb."
Thanksgiving is not just an American holiday. Canadians celebrate it too. Except they do it the second Monday in October.
Gobble, gobble?: Not so fast. Only male turkeys, called toms, gobble. Females, called hens, cackle.
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CNN.com)
*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
Do not begrudge this,
For it is the fate that men want.
Yet it is feared,
And shunned in many lands.
Causes problems, and sometimes gaps,
Can hobble the strongest, and make memory lapse.
What is this danger we all face
For being a part of the human race?
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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The unthankful heart...discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"
ANSWER: Henry Ward Beecher.
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