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TRIVIA TODAY - Tuesday, May 6, 2008
"Six Items a Day of Enduring Insignificance"
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Greetings Infomaniacs,
Here is a grammatical pickle that I always have to look up
to make sure I am using it correctly.
When you mean "for example," use e.g. It is an abbreviation
for the Latin phrase exempli gratia. When you mean "that is,"
use "i.e." It is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase id est.
Either can be used to clarify a preceding statement, the first
by example, the second by restating the idea more clearly or
expanding upon it.
Because these uses are so similar, the two abbreviations are
easily confused. If you just stick with good old English "for
example" and "that is" you won't give anyone a chance to
sneer at you. If you insist on using the abbreviation, per-
haps "example given" will remind you to use "e.g.," while "in
effect" suggests "I.E."
Since e.g. indicates a partial list, it is redundant to add
"etc." at the end of a list introduced by this abbreviation.
Enjoy!
Your Trivia Today editor
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "I've learned.... That life is like a roll of toilet
paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes."
HINT: American journalist and commentator. He is seen on
the weekly news program 60 Minutes.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
Americans eat more bananas than any other fresh fruit,
averaging about 26.2 pounds/person/year.
Apples are a distant second at 16.7 pounds/person/year.
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There are 5 million more women than men in America! The
US is 49.1 percent male and 50.9 percent female.
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At any given moment, there are 61,000 people airborne over
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OUCH!
The normal static electricity shock that zaps your finger
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10,000 and 30,000 volts!
You get "shocked" by static charge more in the winter be-
cause it is less humid and humidity usually helps to dis-
sipate static charge.
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Alum, Alum, Aluminum
Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the earth's
crust. However, since it's never found in a pure state the
refining process makes it one of the more expensive metals.
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According to Mythbusters...
if you fall/jump from 160 feet, your body experiences
285 G's, or 285 times the normal force of gravity, when
you hit the water.
To put this in context, the force your body experiences
in a normal car crash is 70 G's
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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
You may praise your good fortune and curse all you hate,
Yet I rule all your chaos and gamble your fate.
By some I'm avoided by others I'm game,
Called by fat or slim, my meanings the same.
What am I?
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QUOTE: "I've learned.... That life is like a roll of toilet
paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes."
ANSWER: Andy Rooney
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