Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 The term [i]procrastination[/i] comes from Latin. [i]Pro[/i] means [i]for[/i] and [i]cras[/i] means [i]tomorrow[/i]. Because the sound of a crow sounds so much like the word [i]cras[/i], Medieval Folklore had the crow as a minion and symbol of Satan, tempting people with his call to the sin of procrastination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 [quote name='theculturewarrior' date='Sep 16 2004, 01:21 PM'] I thought "trivia" came from the Trivium in medieval universities. [/quote] [i]Trivium[/i] was a word for a crossroads in Latin and is the singular of [i]trivia[/i]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 The first recipient of the vaccine, the boy who received the cow pox vaccine, died at a young age of a form of pox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 Edgar Allan Poe died a poor man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 St. Nicholas Owen was a carpenter who build secret passages and hideaways for priests in mansions during the persecution of Catholics under Queen Elizabeth I. He was discovered and tortured, but never gave the name of a single customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 A Medieval book of real and imaginary creatures is called a [i]bestiary[/i]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 The first motion picture was in 1898. [i]Tearing Down the Spanish Flag[/i] was the title and it was a film about the Spanish-American War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 [quote name='Raphael' date='Sep 16 2004, 12:26 PM'] [i]Trivium[/i] was a word for a crossroads in Latin and is the singular of [i]trivia[/i]. [/quote] I thought it was a threefold domain of learning. Like, rhetoric, arts and sciences, or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 "Via" means road or way, as in the Via Dolorosa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I haven't done laundry since I was 19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 [quote name='theculturewarrior' date='Sep 16 2004, 12:53 PM'] I haven't done laundry since I was 19. [/quote] I did laundry on Saturday. Two loads, one light and one dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Not only did Al Gore invent the internet...he also invented the Chocolate Slurpee. Thanks Al! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 [quote name='theculturewarrior' date='Sep 16 2004, 01:57 PM'] Not only did Al Gore invent the internet...he also invented the Chocolate Slurpee. Thanks Al! [/quote] Can we keep this thread relatively serious in tone, lol...I don't want people to confuse false trivia with real trivia. Say that Al Gore claims to have invented the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 The federal Fourth Circuit -- covering Maryland, North and South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia -- has the largest African-American population of any of the federal circuit courts. However, there had been no African-American judges in that circuit until then-President Bill Clinton appointed Judge Roger Gregory to the bench in late 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 In Tolkien's [i]The Lord of the Rings[/i], there is an elephant-like creature called an oliphaunt. In Afrikaans, the word for "elephant" is "oliphaunt." This is quite interesting, since Tolkien was born in South Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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