Fri, 18 September 2009
Corn Trivia Make Corn Part of Your 5 A Day Plan!
There are more than two hundred varieties of corn. All are good sources of vitamin C, but only yellow kernels contain small amounts of vitamin A in the form of beta carotene Corn can be traced back to Mexican or central American cultures as early as 3400 B.C., and has become a staple among Native American civilizations throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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Wed, 16 September 2009
Rock of Gibraltar This puts a whole new meaning to the saying, "Never run a red light!"
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Fri, 4 September 2009
Superstition Trivia Are You? I'm Not!
The superstition that walking under ladders is bad luck is fairly widespread. In America and Europe, this belief originated around the late 1700s. Even those of who don’t think we’re superstitious have a reflexive fear of tempting fate. In theirexperiments, Dr. Risen and a colleague, Thomas Gilovich of Cornell, found found that students think that not doing their reading makes them more likely to be called on in class; that trading away a lottery ticket makes that ticket more likely to win; that an applicant to Stanford graduate school is less likely to get in if he goes around wearing a Stanford T-shirt.
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Last Post Answers: B: Bing Crosby Like Crosby, Paul and Ford used the now-ubiquitous recording technique known as close miking, where the microphone is less than 6 inches (15 cm) from the singer's mouth. This produces a more-intimate, less-reverberant sound than is heard when a singer is 1 foot (30 cm) or more from the microphone. Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 172_Mostly_Trivial_172_Superstition_trivia.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:34 PM Comments[5]
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