TODAY'S USELESS TRIVIA: A WHOLE LOTTA LEARNING GOING ON!

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Sunday, June 13, 2004

A WHOLE LOTTA LEARNING GOING ON!

The slash character is called a virgule, or solidus. A URL uses slash characters, not back slash characters. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Enough with the serious stuff... Trivia fascinates me and I have a burning desire to involve others in this useless, aimless, but fun activity. I am a strong believer in learning something new everyday and so I am foisting this knowledge on you as well. Who knows when you will need some useless, tid bit of information to form part of one of your yarns. Call it a community service if you will. You'll thank me for it one day!
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