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Fact of the Day
A cat keeps purring no matter if it is inhaling or exhaling, a baffling accomplishment.
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Quote of the Day
"By the year 2020, there will be a whole new industry built on remembering the year 2000."
- Alvin Toffler |
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Word of the Day
verdant
Pronunciation: /VERD-int/
adj : covered with new, green vegetation; hence, young, inexperienced, naïve
"Three verdant freshmen asked me the same silly question." |
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| Scrambled Trivia |
Who won the men's tennis gold in 1996?Answer:
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"The speculation…is interesting, but the impossibility of ever doing it is so certain that it is not practically useful."
- Editor of Popular Astronomy in a letter to rocket pioneer Robert Goddard who had proposed consideration of nuclear energy, 1902.
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| Entertainment Trivia |
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During World War II, Hollywood actors and actresses who did not enter the armed forces found themselves serving in military movies. In 1942 alone, 80 films touched on war. |
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