TRIVIA TODAY - Friday, August 21, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

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

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?

ANSWER: Pencil lead.

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. sweet joy befall thee!"

HINT:(1757-1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.

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Hummingbirds live an average of 5 years. They are hatched from eggs that are so small that a penny would cover three of them. Hummingbirds are usually hatched in pairs in nests that average 1.5 inches in diameter.

The average age of a French oak tree harvested to make wine barrels is 170 years old. This is because the older oak tends to be denser. This is good for adding flavor to wine.

The only two spots below sea level in the United States are Death Valley, CA and New Orleans, LA. Death Vally is 282 feet below sea level and New Orleans is 8 feet.

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. sweet joy befall thee!"

HINT:(1757-1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.

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