Trivia: Jan 11, 2006
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
- Today in history: 1935 Amelia Earhart began solo trip across Pacific—1861 Alabama seceded from Union—1949 Construction on first US mosque began
- News of the weird: CINCINNATI, OH—A woman was left sitting in front of a TV for two years after she died. (AP)
- Strange fact: China produces more than 60 billion chopsticks a year.
- Daily quote: Dance is the hidden language of the soul.—Martha Graham
- Daily word: serf—a peasant, a worker bound to his master
- Daily trivia: A decimeter is one-tenth of a meter. Then what’s 10 meters? (Dekameter)
- Celebrity birthdays: Naomi Judd (60)—Mary J. Blige (35)—Amanda Peet (34)