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Tuesday, May 11, 2004TODAY'S USELESS TRIVIAR. Budd Dwyer - politician ( Pennsylvania ) 1987 --- Convicted of bribery and conspiracy in federal court and about to be sentenced, he called a press conference; there, in front of spectators and TV cameras, he shot himself in the mouth. Lillian Millicent Entwistle - actress 1932 --- suicide by... Sign in to see full entry.posted by word.smith at 8:49 AM Comments (0) (link) Monday, May 10, 2004TODAY'S USELESS TRIVIAEach year, the average America n consumes nearly two 14 ounce bottles of Ketchup. Ketchup is found in 97 per cent of U.S. households, beating out salt, pepper and sugar. Aside …Now that’s a whole lotta Ketchup! Sign in to see full entry.posted by word.smith at 8:29 AM Comments (0) (link) Friday, May 7, 2004TODAY'S USELESS TRIVIAEveryone knows that spinach is loaded in iron and makes you stronger - Just look what it has done for Popeye's career. Well, Popeye was wrong. So were all of those parents that stuffed it down their kids' throats. In reality, spinach has no more iron in it than any other vegetable. This spinach... Sign in to see full entry.posted by word.smith at 8:07 AM Comments (5) (link) Thursday, May 6, 2004TODAY'S USELESS TRIVIAMarijuana was not illegal in the United States until October 1, 1937, when Congress passed the "Marijuana Tax Act". Total debate time on the House of Representatives floor concerning this issue: 90 seconds. This act did not actually ban the substance - it simply said that one could not sell... Sign in to see full entry.posted by word.smith at 1:55 PM Comments (0) (link) Wednesday, May 5, 2004TODAY'S USELESS TRIVIABefore the invention of anesthesia, speed was a highly regarded trait in a surgeon. Dr. Robert Liston of London was among the fastest. But, speed comes with some cost. In one particular operation, Liston killed three people. The patient actually survived, but later died of gangrene. During the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by word.smith at 9:44 AM Comments (0) (link) |
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