Monday, November 30, 2009

Trivia Trivia

The word trivia derives from the Latin tri + via, which translates as "three streets." As a major public service in Roman times, at the intersection of three streets, there was a kind of kiosk where further info was posted for travelers. Apparently these data were so useless that citizens often ignored them entirely: thus, they were truly bits of "trivia."

6 comments:

  1. You have to wonder what bits of info were posted on those streets!

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  2. I love it that you even have trivia about trivia!

    XOXOXOXOXOXO

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  3. Okay, that was awesome. You have returned the X-Men trivia favor. I will mention this in convo and impress folks.

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  4. A most remarkable factoid. Perhaps your best yet.

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  5. Have to second Howard's comment. That is brilliant! Thank you. I'm about to board a flight to snowy Germany, so I can certainly enlighten fellow passengers with that one.
    It usually ensures that I get a row of seats to myself....

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  6. Right! What can top trivia about trivia?

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