TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Well, I guess I let myself sit a little too long in the sun last weekend, because my thighs are sunburned! I wish I could say I was doing something fun outside, but unfortunately, I spent the afternoon on my balcony reading books for school. Apparently I thought because I wasn't sitting on the beach or by a pool the sun wouldn't affect me, but I thought wrong. Time for some aloe vera!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."

HINT: (1892-1973), American writer, novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Sammy Davis, Jr., Sandy Duncan, and Peter Falk all had or have one glass eye. Davis lost an eye in an automobile accident, while Duncan and Falk had theirs removed due to cancer.

Prior to the discovery of anesthetic eye drops in 1884, cataract surgery was performed under general anesthesia, which made it all the more risky. Interestingly enough, the active ingredient in those first numbing eye drops was cocaine.

In 1962, David Bowie got into a schoolyard fight over a girl. A punch in the eye from George Underwood resulted in a paralyzed pupil for Bowie, which is why the singer's eyes appear to be two different colors.

If the white your eye can be seen over the top and bottom of your iris, the colored part of your eye, the doctor will immediately suspect thyroid problems. The excess hormones produced cause the tissue behind the eye to swell, which causes the eyeball to protrude.

Your eyes are set back further in your head than your forehead or your cheeks so that if you receive a blow to the eye, your brow and cheekbone will take the brunt of the impact.

Allan Pinkerton opened the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago in 1850. He and his employees specialized in covert, undercover work, and the company's logo, an unblinking eye with the motto "We Never Sleep," inspired the term "private eye."


VIDEO CLIP
Etch A Sketch - Lebron James
An artist by the name of George Vlasik is a Cleveland Cavaliers fans. When his Cavs made it to the NBA finals he knew there was only one things to do: Draw the Cav's Lebron James on an Etch A Sketch.

Watch It Now: Etch A Sketch - Lebron James


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."

ANSWER: Pearl S. Buck.

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