Thursday, May 29, 2008

My favorite sandwich? Why, that would have to be the ice cream TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Squoosh an Ice Cream Sandwich Day. No, don't squish it, squoosh it!


Today is Lazy Bones Day in Belgium.

Today is Presidential Flag Day. The official flag of the President of the U.S. was adopted on this date in 1916.

On this day in 1856, during a speech in Bloomington, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time."

On this day in 1959, Herndon Stadium in Atlanta hosted one of rock's first outdoor festivals, featuring Ray Charles, B.B. King, Jimmy Reed, and others. Some 9,000 attended.

On this day in 2003, a father in Guangming, China, underwent successful marrow transplant surgery after his 12-year-old daughter gained 33 pounds in two months to be able to safely donate the marrow. Zhang Wanqing was the only suitable blood match for her father, who was suffering from leukemia.

Random trivia: how many weeks does the average American keep old magazines lying around?

Good luck :)

2 Comments:

At 4:56 PM, May 29, 2008, Blogger Kim said...

I think as a doctor I am contractually obligated to keep them for at least two years :)

 
At 12:28 PM, May 31, 2008, Blogger R-dogg said...

It's 29 weeks!

Kim, that just means you're "above average." :)

 

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