TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, August 29, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Well, the party's over. Tonight begins the fall semester of grad school. I am taking classes on Monday and Wednesday nights this semester. I will be learning about how to manage library and information centers, as well as about the different Reference sources in the Humanities. I am looking forward to it, but I am not looking forward to late nights studying and doing homework. Oh well, it will be over soon enough. At least that's what I keep telling myself!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain."

HINT: (1499-1566), French noblewoman and a prominent courtier at the courts of kings Francis I and his son, Henry II of France.

RANDOM TIDBITS
J. Edgar Hoover got the idea for his "Ten Most Wanted Criminals" list from a friend, a fashion designer who had invented the survey called "Ten Best Dressed Women."

The Stetson hat was the brainchild of Philadelphia hatmaker named John Batterson Stetson. He had traveled West seeking a cure for tuberculosis, and when he returned to Philadelphia he began making hats suited to the needs of the western cowboy.

Dentures in 19th century Britain were made out of teeth that had been extracted from the dead of the Waterloo battle. Teeth from the dead of the American Civil War were also shipped to Britain, where they were put into dentures.

The blue blazer is named for a British naval ship, the HMS Blazer. The captain of this ship made his crewmen dress in identical blue jackets, and they soon became a fad.

The first button factory in the United States was established in 1800 in Waterbury, Connecticut.

The pashmina shawls of Kashmir are made from the wispy chin and belly hair of Himalayan goats. Since the goats themselves are inaccessible, the hair is gathered in strands and tufts from bushes in which it has become caught.


VIDEO CLIP
Baby Hears for the First Time
This clip will melt your heart. This baby was born deaf, and then was fixed with a hearing aid a few months down the road. Her reaction is breathtaking.

Watch It Now: Baby Hears for the First Time


*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
Two sisters are we, one dark and one fair.
In twin towers dwelling, we're quite the pair.
One from the land and one from the sea.
Tell us truly, who are we?

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain."

ANSWER: Diane de Poitiers.

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