July 18, 2010
Just for fun today we’ll learn a few fun facts about our great nation. Impress your family members today at dinner or your co-workers tomorrow at work. These facts come from 5087 Trivia Questions and Answers by Marsha Kranes, Fre... continue reading...
November 4, 2008
I love trivia.
And some trivia is far from trivial. For instance, what do you do to stop a headache when you have no aspirin or other painkilling tablets?
Try two glasses of Gatorade!
Pretty nifty. And a good thing to know.
Today's FamilyFirst pick is loaded with such trivial facts ... continue reading...
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trivial facts August 29, 2008
OK, I'm filing today's FamilyFirst pick under "History", although the veracity of the claims made here are completely open to question by me.
History, or pseudo-history?
You decide.
The premise: five sets of objects have been found which are historically paradoxical.
For i... continue reading...
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wooden handle January 12, 2008
When i was a nine-year-old kid, my dad found a 1966 World Almanac for 50 cents at a used bookstore. That tome kept me intensely occupied for many months afterwards.
The book was an astounding collection of facts. I was beginning to get into baseball at the time, and I was delighted to see every bal... continue reading...
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world almanac November 13, 2007
It's a sad fact that geography is largely unknown by the average populace.
I was an avid stamp collector growing up, and when I obtained a stamp from another country, I promptly looked it up and checked it off of my Scott's album map in the front. Thus, I was able to learn the locatio... continue reading...
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trivia January 10, 2006
Wow, talk about things sneaking up on you! Did you realize that the Turin Winter Olympics are just a month away?
Well, they start on February 10 of this year. Today's site is a blog devoted to that very subject. It's called, amazingly enough, 2006 Turin Winter Olympics Blog.
Re... continue reading...
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winter olympics December 16, 2005
This site was reviewed a long time ago (2001 to be exact), but it has expanded so much since then that I feel it deserves a second FamilyFirst review.
It's the Internet Movie Database. This is quite simply the ultimate movie lover's website!
I'm not sure how many movies are represented here, but it's def... continue reading...
Tags: b movie,
box office numbers,
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crew awards,
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internet movie database,
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tv magazine October 9, 2004
The Family First site has been around, in one form or another, since 1995. One of the first sites we featured has been around almost as long. That site has gone on to redefine the way that business is conducted on the Internet, and has become a buzz word for any sort of online sales activity. I have pers... continue reading...
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origin of the name,
pez dispenser,
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true success August 23, 2004
There is no place like home. That has been an overriding feeling that we have all had at one time or another in our life. So did a young Kansas girl named Dorothy after she traveled over the rainbow to a land that was as mysterious as it was beautiful. Today's Family First site... continue reading...
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There is no place like home. That has been an overriding feeling that we have all had at one time or another in our life. So did a young Kansas girl named Dorothy after she traveled over the rainbow to a land that was as mysterious as it was beautiful. Today's Family First Site l... continue reading...
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