"365 AMAZING TRIVIA FACTS FOR 2012"

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Every Tuesday is a Trivia Tuesday on AmericaJR.com!!

1. What California town is named for President Zachary Taylor? Hint: The answer is neither Zachary nor Taylor.

2. What's earthshine?

3. What world famous early explorer's dying words were "I have only told the half of what I saw"?

4. In the world of high-tech messages, you no doubt know what spam is; but how about spim and spit?

5. Where was the great conductor Leopold Stokowski born and raised?

1. The town of Rough and Ready. Taylor's nickname as an army officer was "Old Rough and Ready."

2. Also known as earthlight, it's the faint glow of sunlight reflected from earth onto the otherwise dark part of the moon.

3. Marco Polo, who uttered those words to a priest who urged him to confess and retract his "fables."

4. Spim is spam received via instant messaging; spit is spam received via Internet telephone.

5. In London, England.