A: Aardvark, Anatomy, Apple, TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Read Five Pages in the Dictionary Day. This observance is sponsored by the, I'm guessing, Council to get people to fall asleep reading :)

Today is Insipid Day, according to Jonathan Swift.

Today is International Polar Bear Day.
CAUTION: Cutest video ever ;)


On this day in 1891, Robert Dyrenforth was hired by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a special agent pluviculturist. That's a rainmaker. He used noise: loud ammunition explosions to blast the skies. Reportedly, he made it rain once in Texas but, apparently, that's the only time it worked.

On this day in 1963, Mickey Mantle agreed to play another year for the New York Yankees for $100,000, making him the highest-paid player in baseball history. In 1949 he played for $1,100.

On this day in 1964, the city of Pisa asked the Italian government to straighten its 184-foot Leaning Tower. At last report, the Tower was still leaning.

On this day in 1996, Kurt Wait became the first man ever to win the Pillsbury Bake-Off with his Macadamia Fudge Torte. First prize awarded in Dallas: $1-million! One slice: 460 calories. Wait a second, desserts have calories???

On this day in 2007, a Fayetteville, North Carolina, man charged with robbing a Wachovia branch bank for the second time since 2005, tried to show police the loot in his motel room, but discovered he had been robbed. Police later charged a motel maintenance man with breaking into the room and taking the cash.

And now, TWO trivia questions!
1) What artificial sweetener was discovered at Johns Hopkins University on this day in 1879?

2) On this day in 1995, Tom Hanks won an Oscar for Best Actor for his work in what movie?

Good luck :)