There once was a TRIVIA QUIZ from Nantucket...

Tasmanian Devil Week begins today. More Tasmanian devils are born this week than any other week of the year.

Today is National Nutty Fudge Day. Oh, so only in the US then :)

Today is Limerick Day, marking the birthday of limerick champ Edward Lear. There's a limerick champ? How is that determined, exactly?


And from SNL:


Today is National Windmill Day. Oh man, we went to the Netherlands too early!

Children's Book Week, National Police Week, and National Stuttering Awareness Week begin today.

On this day in 1932, a new character, Dippy Dawg, appeared in the cartoon "Mickey’s Revue" by Walt Disney. Later, Disney changed Dippy’s name to Goofy.

On this day in 1970, Chicago Cub Ernie Banks hit his 500th home run. He retired the following year with 512.

On this day in 1978, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it would alternate using men’s and women’s names for hurricanes. Previously, only women’s names had been used, and some complained it wasn’t fair that women got all the attention for causing damage and destruction.

On this day in 1989, Joe Valdez Caballero died at age 81. He invented the hard taco shell.

And now for le trivia: On this day in 1820, the founder of modern nursing was born. She carried a pet owl everywhere she went. Who was she?

Good luck :)