It says here you've had fleas for ten TRIVIA QUIZzes!

A quick programming note: I'll be starting a new job on Monday, so I'm not sure what the publication schedule for the blog will be. Either way, I'm taking tomorrow off!

Today is True Confessions Day.

Today is National Chocolate Chip Day. All hail the Nestle Toll House Morsel!

Today is Relive Your Past By Listening to the First Music You Ever Bought No Matter What It Was No Excuses Day. Hm, I'm thinking for me that'd be the Beach Boys...

On this day in 1888, the swinging washing machine was patented. The machine was attached to a large swing, which children could swing in and power the machine.

On this day in 1940, nylon stockings appeared on sale for the first time in the U.S. Competing brands went on sale simultaneously under an agreement between manufacturers.

On this day in 1972, 21-year-old Arthur Bremer shot Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace four times in Laurel, Maryland. The wounds left Wallace paralyzed for life. A month earlier, Bremer had planned to assassinate President Richard Nixon in Ottawa, but changed his mind at the last minute. He wrote in a diary he wanted "to do something bold and dramatic, forceful & dynamic, a statement of my manhood for the world to see." Bremer was sentenced to 53 years in prison. with good behavior, he could be released in 2015.

On this day in 1990, a Pittsburgh man sued his insurance company for canceling his health insurance after confusing his medical history with that of his dog.

Fun Fact: When astronauts first shaved in space, their weightless whiskers floated up to the ceiling. A special razor was developed to draw the whiskers in like a vacuum cleaner.


Ok, trivia fans...At which university do art school graduates get their diplomas then leap into a fountain?

Good luck :)