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TRIVIA TODAY - Tuesday, April 15, 2008
"Six Items a Day of Enduring Insignificance"
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Greetings Infomaniacs,
Here it is, tax day, and you know what they say are the only
two sure things in life. So if you still haven't done your
taxes good luck. And remember that the post offices are open
until midnight tonight.
Enjoy!
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "If you can't change your fate, change your attitude."
HINT: (born February 19, 1952) Is a Chinese American writer.
Citing her mother as "her inspiration."
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RANDOM TIDBITS
The US federal income tax was first enacted in 1862 to
support the Union's Civil War effort. It was eliminated
in 1872, revived in 1894 then declared unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court the following year. In 1913, the
16th Amendment to the Constitution made the income tax a
permanent fixture in the US tax system.
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The first 1040 form was 4 pages long -- including in-
structions. Today, the instructions ALONE are 92 pages.
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During World War I, the highest rate of income tax was 77
percent. Taxes were used to help finance the war.
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The Vatican's Swiss Guard still wears a uniform designed by
Michelangelo in the early 16th century.
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The original name of Los Angeles was El Pueblo de Nuestra
Senora la Reina de los Angeles del rio Porciuncula, trans-
lating into: The Village of our Lady the Queen of the
Angels of the Porciuncula River.
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Forty-six percent of the world's water is in the Pacific
Ocean; that's around 6 sextillion gallons of water. The
Atlantic has 23.9 percent; the Indian, 20.3; the Arctic,
3.7 percent.
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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
My first three letters are a term in golf,
While my second, third, and fourth are drawings.
My first four are less than a whole,
And all of me is a celebration.
What am I?
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Answer will be posted in Friday's Trivia Today. Good Luck!
If your name appears in Friday's newsletter,
email me your complete name and address and I will ship
your prize.
Be sure to put "Winner" in the subject line.
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QUOTE: "If you can't change your fate, change your attitude."
ANSWER: Amy Tan
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