TRIVIA TODAY - Friday, April 24, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

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

I'm a unit of heat generation.
I am prone to great quantification.
There are many aware
Of the numbers I bear
Some in triumph, and some in frustration.
What am I?

ANSWER: A calorie.

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "We need beauty because it makes us ache to be worthy of it."

HINT: (1935-), is an American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Butterflies are a long-standing part of the earth's environmental fabric, with butterfly fossils dating back as far as 40-50 million years ago.

Butterflies go through four stages - egg, caterpillar, pupae and adult. Some species have just one brood a year, while others may spawn up to four generations annually.

Millions of Monarch butterflies, which reside in the Northeast in the summer, make a 2,000-mile migration down to Mexico for the winter months. After congregating there, they'll mate and new generations will make the return trip back north in the warmer months.

Monarchs are toxic and in fact, some butterfly species such as the Viceroy play on that feature by mimicking the signature bright orange and black coloring of Monarchs to discourage birds from eating them.

Butterflies are sensitive to pesticides and habitat loss, both of which have been driving a decline in butterfly populations. Some of the most successful butterflies eat agricultural products that man has modified.

In addition to their physical beauty, butterflies act as one of nature's couriers. In the case of Monarch butterflies, which pollinate milkweed, they may transfer a pollen sac to the next plant on their legs or other body parts.


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "We need beauty because it makes us ache to be worthy of it."

ANSWER: Mary Oliver.

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