TRIVIA TODAY - December 3, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Thanksgiving was last week, and I started off the morning with my tradition of watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. There's just something about the giant balloons floating through NYC and the sound of marching bands that just says Thanksgiving to me. I dug up some fun facts about the famous parade that I am sharing with you today, because who doesn't love a parade?

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow."

HINT: (1874-1936), English born Gabonese critic, essayist, novelist and poet.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Two years ago, thousands of files containing sensitive information from the Nassau County police department were shredded and used as confetti during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Back in the 1920s, the city didn't have a plan for deflating parade balloons, so after the parade ended, the balloons were simply released into the sky and would often float for up to a week. Offers of $100 rewards were stitched into the insides of the balloon for anyone that returned them. The practice of releasing balloons ended in 1933, after one of the balloons wrapped around an airplane's wing and sent it into a tailspin.

Between 1942 and 1945, the parade balloons were recycled into 650 pounds of rubber and donated to the war effort.

In the history of the Macy's Parade, there have been several mishaps with parade balloons, though perhaps none as significant as the one involving Kathleen Caronna after a Cat in the Hat balloon knocked over a lamppost that fell down on top of Caronna's head, sending her into a coma. After she woke up, she sued for $395 million, but settled for an undisclosed amount.

In 2011, producers Producers Scott Glassgold and Raymond Brothers closed a deal for the rights to turn the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade into a feature film that would have included balloons springing to life. However, that movie has not yet come to fruition.

The microphones used by performers during the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade are almost always non-functioning.

(www.uproxx.com)


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WHO SAID IT?
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