Friday, October 21, 2016
Greetings Infomaniacs,
Congratulations to "Jim Shillington" who won this week's "Mind Scrambler". Here was the scrambler:
I say everything I hear to others around.
I'm not an animal, nor part of the human race.
I will, immediately, repeat after you;
But only if my tail is in place.
What am I?
ANSWER: A microphone.
Enjoy!
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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Once you choose hope, anything's possible."
HINT: (1952-2004), American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author and activist.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
Wintergreen LifeSavers give off sparks when chewed in the dark because of a chemical process called triboluminescence.
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Robert O. Welch, the inventor of Sugar Daddy, is also the founder of the John Birch Society.
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The dog on the Cracker Jack package is named Bingo.
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For many years, the globe on the NBC Nightly News spun in the wrong direction. On January 2, 1984, NBC finally set the world back in the proper direction.
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On the night of October 31, 1938, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre troupe provided "the panic broadcast that shook the world," when they performed 'The War of the Worlds' by H.G. Wells as a terrifying real-life episode.
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Mary Tyler Moore had an early acting role playing a woman at an answering service. You could only see her legs and hear her voice.
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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Once you choose hope, anything's possible."
ANSWER: Christopher Reeve.