Monday! I love trivia :)
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
Ah, trivia. Those supposedly useless bits of information that one accumulates, that then lie dormant until the topic of pregnant goldfish or dueling in Paraguay comes up in conversation :) For your edification, some odd bits of trivia:
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
On the count of three....
1 pound of lemons contain more sugar than 1 pound of strawberries.
More
There's only one city in the United States named merely "Beach." It is found in North Dakota, which is a land-locked state.
There must be a story behind this...
The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the "The Pieta," completed in 1500.
The Pieta
The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court.
Many more
Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser.
Betsy Ross
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
The oldest business in the United States of America is the cymbal company Zildjian which was founded in Constantinople in 1623.
Source: American Heritage of Invention & Technology, Winter 2000
Source
You never know when somebody might mention "turtle butts"...
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
The first couple to be shown in the same bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Okay, now this might really come in handy!
By raising your legs slowly while lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
More
During World War Two the only elephant in Berlin was killed by the first bomb dropped by the allies.
Dogs can get toupees in Tokyo
Yes. That is a dog toupee dispensing machine )
In Las Vegas it is a crime to pawn your dentures.
Read more: http://www.triviachamp.com/...
Not actual dentures, could be pawned
Uh...well, this is interesting. Quite advanced.
In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
Here it is...a bosom buddy! Sorry :)
When the mummy of Ramses II was sent to France in the mid-1970s, it was issued a passport. Ramses' occupation? "King (deceased)."
In 1991, Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, married Russi Taylor—the voice of Minnie.
Good stuff!
Happy Monday!