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TRIVIA TODAY - Tuesday, April 1, 2008
"Six Items a Day of Enduring Insignificance"
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Greetings Infomaniacs,
Happy April Fool's Day, folks. To help get in the mood today
I have dug up some famous April Fool's Day pranks from the
past.
They're all pretty good, but my favorite was found in a news-
letter titled New Mexicans for Science and Reason in 1998.
That issue carried an article that the state of Alabama had
voted to change the value of pi from 3.14159 to the "Biblical
value" of 3.0.
Now that's an idea I could get behind.
Enjoy!
Your Trivia Today editor
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The young always have the same problem -- how to
rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved
this by defying their parents and copying one another."
HINT: Was an English writer, artist's model, actor and
raconteur known for his memorable and insightful witticisms.
He became a gay icon in the 1970s.
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Gerald Ford was the only US president not to have been
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FAMOUS APRIL FOOL'S DAY PRANKS
In 1957, a BBC television show announced that thanks to a
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Noted British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on the
radio in 1976 that at 9:47 am, a once-in-a-lifetime astro-
nomical event, in which Pluto would pass behind Jupiter,
would cause a gravitational alignment that would reduce
the Earth's gravity. Moore told listeners that if they
jumped in the air at the exact moment of the planetary
alignment, they would experience a floating sensation.
Hundreds of people called in to report feeling the sen-
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In 1996, American fast-food chain Taco Bell announced that
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of American independence, from the federal government and
was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. Outraged citizens
called to express their anger before Taco Bell revealed the
hoax. Then-White House press secretary Mike McCurry was asked
about the sale and said the Lincoln Memorial in Washington
had also been sold and was to be renamed the Ford Lincoln
Mercury Memorial after the automotive giant.
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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
A potato's key tool, I have all the power.
I am generally used on the half or full hour.
If my cells were deceased or lost or the such,
My partner would only respond to your touch.
What am I?
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QUOTE: "The young always have the same problem -- how to
rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved
this by defying their parents and copying one another."
ANSWER: Quentin Crisp
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