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APRIL 22, 2009 A Free Paper of Trivia, Humor, Puzzles, and More ISSUE #21

INSIDE Earth Day

Are all those “strange but By Kane Casolari
true” facts really true?
Strange but True? . . . . . . . PAGE 3
Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22.
To celebrate, Gist Weekly presents
Which state’s name means
“snowy” or “snow-covered”?
some information about this holiday.
• Earth Day is usually celebrated on
Fifty State Fun Facts . . . . . PAGE 4
April 22, though some groups
Which famous mutiny celebrate it on the spring equinox
happened 220 years (March 20 or
ago this week? 21). The first
This Week in History . . . . . PAGE 5 April 22
Which two presidents Earth Day
have birthdays this week? cel ebrati on
Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 5 in the United
States was
What are the dots
held in 1970,
on dice called?
By the Numbers. . . . . . . . . PAGE 6 after being
proposed by
And more including: Senator Gay-
Crossword—PAGE 2 lord Nelson
Community Events—PAGE 3 (D-WI) in
Trivia Quiz—PAGE 3 September of the previous year.
Classifieds—PAGE 4 About 20 million Americans took
Sudoku—PAGE 6
part in the first Earth Day cele-
Survey—Page 7
bration.
• Senator Nelson chose April 22 as
Earth Day to ensure maximum
participation from college stu-
dents; the date is usually after
Easter and Spring Break but be-
• Earth Day became an interna-
fore final exams. It is also late
enough in the spring that the
weather is usually warm enough
for outdoor activities in most of
the United States. April 22, 1970
was also a Wednesday, so it did
not compete with weekend
events.
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Word Search:
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Week
Scavenger Hunt Two gas company employees, a
trainee in his early twenties and a
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B. Jalapeño E. Four men roughly 40-year age difference. As
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35. Covered on the inside 12. Too
36. Israeli round dance 15. Weeps
37. Hurried 17. Terza ___ (Italian verse form)
38. March of ___ 22. Great quantity
39. Student 23. Chestnuts roasting ___ open fire
40. Intensified 24. Cupolas
42. Donnybrooks 25. Watch over
43. 2007 Michael Moore film* 26. Arm bones
44. Final Four org. 27. By some measure
45. Before this time 28. Dug up
47. The Mediterranean and Red, e.g.* 29. Strange and mysterious
48. Monk’s title 30. Sea mammals
51. Nevada city* 32. Copy
52. In single file 35. Something composed of links
55. Resting place 36. Hawaiian native dance
56. Geom. shape 38. Art ___
57. Unadorned 39. Serf
58. Supplement 41. Burgundy grape
59. Green Hornet’s aide 42. Future doc’s exam
60. Numbers 13 through 19 44. Cool!
45. Sea eagle
DOWN 46. Unpleasant smell
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16. Terms of ___* 31. Forearm bones 9. Required found elsewhere in this issue
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Illustrations: MS
TRIVIA QUIZ
Each question below relates to the
topic of a feature in this issue of
Gist Weekly, but is not answered in
it. Answers are on page 8.
1. Earth Day (Page 1): Which
federal agency enforces environ-
mental laws?
2. Fifty State Fun Facts: Nevada
(Page 4): Which hotel and ca-
sino on the Las Vegas Strip is
shaped like a pyramid?
3. This Week in History (Page
5): South Africa held its first
post-apartheid election 15 years
ago this Monday. Who was
elected president in that elec-
tion?
4. Historic Birthdays This Week
(Page 5): English political
leader Oliver Cromwell would
be 410 this Saturday. What was
his title from 1653 to 1658?
5. By the Numbers: 21 (Page 6):
Which 2003 film starring Sean
Penn, Naomi Watts, and Beni-
cio del Toro has “21” in its
name?
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www.GistWeekly.com Page 3
Strange but True?
Many trivia publications and websites reference to the power of the spoken ground, evacuate civilians from target
have “Strange but True” lists of word, similar to the saying, “The pen a r e a s , ge t m e di cs a n d ai d
things that seem extraordinary but are is mightier than the sword,” that organizations to places where they are
supposedly factual. But are they someone took literally and placed on needed, etc.
really? Gist Weekly investigates the a list of facts.
This urban legend might have
claims made by some of those other
originated near the end of or just after
sites and publications. Claim: One out of every five miles of
World War II. When Congress was
Claim: The tongue is the strongest the Interstate Highway System must hammering out the details of various
muscle in the human body. be straight and flat for use as landing versions of the Federal-Aid Highway
strips for airplanes during times of Act (the 1956 version of which
Strange but True?: No. war. created the Interstate Highway
This claim has been presented System), it at one point considered
Strange but True?: No.
countless times in trivia books and including funds to build airstrips next
websites, but that doesn’t make it Snopes.com, the online Urban to (not on) highways. That idea didn’t
true. In fact, the tongue is neither a Legends Reference Pages, has make it to the final version of any
single muscle nor the strongest in the debunked this one, but it still keeps F ederal Highway Act, but i t
body. The actual strongest muscle in showing up on lists of facts. apparently lived on in an altered form
the body, in terms of force exerted on
The claim is just not logical; in order as an urban legend
external objects, is the masseter (jaw
to use a section of road as an airstrip,
muscle). The Guinness Record for it must be cleared of traffic. That Claim: Nutmeg is poisonous if
bite strength is 4,337 Newtons (about
means blocking off sections of injected intravenously.
975 pounds of force). The heart interstate highways. If there were ever
performs the most work over the Strange but True?: Sort of.
again a war on U.S. soil, it would
force of a lifetime, but not the most
make far more sense for planes to This one is technically true, but not
at once. The tongue is not the land at the many military bases, that strange: Just about anything is
strongest by any known measure. ai rpor ts, and sm al l ai rfi el ds fatal if you inject enough of it
The reasons for the claim that the throughout the country (and aircraft intravenously, including air and most
tongue is the strongest muscle are carriers off the coast), leaving the foods and drinks. (Please don’t try to
unclear. It might be a metaphorical highways free to move troops by test this out at home.)
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APRIL 22, 2009
Nevada
• Nevada grew faster than any • Groom Lake, Nevada is home to
other U.S. state during the second the infamous Area 51, the military
half of the last century. Its popu- base that supposedly studies
lation expanded from 160,000 in crashed UFOs, possibly including
1950 to just over 2,000,000—or the one said to have landed in
about 12 ½ times as many peo- Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.
ple—by the end of the century.
• Nevada became the 36th U.S. state
• Nevada is a Spanish word meaning on October 31, 1864, joining the
“snow covered” or “snowy.” The Civil War on the Union side.
state of Ne-
• Nevada is the
va da wa s
only state in the
named after
U.S. that has legal
the Sierra Ne-
brothels, though
vada mountain
only in 8 of its 16
r a n ge , the
counties. Prostitu-
name of which
tion is illegal in
means “snow- Nevada’s state flag
Las Vegas and
covered moun-
Reno as well as in
tain range.” Most of the Sierra
the counties that contain them.
Nevada is in California, however,
not Nevada. • The southern part of Nevada,
including Las Vegas, is part of the
• Over 85% of Nevadans live in
Mojave Desert. The desert also
either Clark County or Washoe
covers parts of California, Utah,
County, the counties that contain
and Arizona.
Las Vegas and Reno, respectively.
• Before casinos came to Nevada,
• Las Vegas is the biggest city in
much of its economic and popu-
Nevada as well as the state’s most
lation growth was driven by silver
popular tourist destination. The
mining. Nevada is nicknamed
city’s legalization of gambling in
“The Silver State” because of the
1931 and the completion of the
Hoover Dam in 1935 drove much
important role mining played in
its history.
of the city’s growth.
• Nevada has voted for the winning
• Nevada has no personal or cor-
candidate in all but one of the
porate income tax, though it does
presidential elections in the last
have a state sales tax of 6.5%.
101 years. The only time since
• Las Vegas, like the state in which 1908 that Nevada voted for the
it is located, gets its name from losing candidate was in 1976,
Spanish. Las Vegas is Spanish for when it chose incumbent Gerald
“the meadows.” Ford over Jimmy Carter.
MATCH UP
Each film on the right takes place—at least in part—in Las
Vegas, Nevada. Match each film to one of its lead actors.
(Answers on page 8.)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) Nicholas Cage
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) George Clooney
Ocean’s Eleven (1960) Johnny Depp
Ocean’s Eleven (2001) Dustin Hoffman
Rain Man (1988) Frank Sinatra
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This Week in History This Week’s

• April 22, 1889: The Land Run of
1889, allowing settlers to claim up
to 160 acres of land in what is
now the state of Oklahoma, be-
• April 27, 1994: South Africa
gins at noon. By the end of the
day, the cities of Oklahoma City
and Guthrie are both established
with populations of about 10,000.
• April 23, 1985: The Coca-Cola
Company introduced a new rec-
ipe for Coca-Cola. Later known
• April 28, 1789: Fletcher Christian
as “New Coke” or “Coke II,” the
product is initially a sales success,
but backlash causes the company
to bring back the “classic” Coca-
Cola within a few months.
• April 24, 1800: President John
Adams signs an Act of Congress
setting aside $5,000 for the pur-
chase of books for what will be-
come the Library of Congress.
• April 25, 1859: French workers
begin construction of the Suez
Canal linking the Mediterranean
and Red Seas, allowing travel by
sea between Europe and Asia
without sailing around Africa.
• April 26, 1964: The African na-
tions of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
unite, forming the United Repub-
lic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
Later in the year, it is renamed the
United Republic of Tanzania
holds its first election with uni-
versal suffrage, allowing people of
all races to vote following the end
of apartheid. Following the his-
toric election, April 27 becomes a
national holiday, Freedom Day.
leads a mutiny against Captain
William Bligh aboard the HMAV
Bounty. Bligh and 18 men loyal to
him are set adrift in a dinghy,
finding shelter on a series of is-
lands before making it back to
England to report the mutiny,
losing one man in the voyage.
Did You Know?
Hank Azaria, who turns 45 this
week (see above right) is the voice
of dozens of Simpsons characters,
including Apu, Bumblebee Man,
Captain McCallister, Carl, Chief
Wiggum, Cletus, Comic Book
Guy, Dr. Nick Riviera, Moe, Pro-
fessor Frink, Snake, and Superin-
tendant Chalmers.
Celebrity
Birthdays
Actor Ryan Stiles (Two and a Half Men, The Drew Carey Show) . . April 22, 1959
Filmmaker Michael Moore (Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11) . . . April 23, 1954
Actress and author Shirley MacLaine (Coco Chanel, Terms of Endearment) . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 24, 1934
Actor Hank Azaria (The Simpsons, The Birdcage) . . . April 25, 1964
Architect I.M. Pei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 26, 1917
Singer Sheena Easton (“We’ve Got Tonight” [with Kenny Rogers],
“Morning Train [9 to 5]”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 27, 1959
Novelist Lois Duncan (Hotel for Dogs, I Know What You Did Last Summer) . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 28, 1934
Clipart: MS
Historic
Birthdays This
Week
Physicist Robert Oppenheimer, nicknamed “The Father of the Atomic
Bomb” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 22, 1904
Fifteenth President of the United States James Buchanan . . . April 23, 1791
Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, commander of the Royal Air Force
Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain . . . . . . . . . . April 24, 1882
English political leader Oliver Cromwell . . . . . . . . . . . April 25, 1599
Playwright and poet William Shakespeare . . . . . . . . . . April 26, 1564
Author Mary Wollstonecraft (A Vindication of the Rights of Women) . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 27, 1759
Fifth President of the United States James Monroe . . . . . . . . . April 28, 1758

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Steven Delheimer, MD JJ’s Dogs, Beef, Chicken, Peru alized novel about a real MIT volved in the scandals surround-
128 Bucklin St. #1 and More card-counting team. ing rigged quiz shows in the late
LaSalle 154 3rd St. The Root Beer Stand
1950s.
LaSalle 225 Columbia Ave. • Before British currency converted
John DeRango, DDS Oglesby
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Robert Kinsella, MD
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Peru 1525 Peoria St.
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Peru Sandwiches Sparkle Cleaners
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Peru
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Oglesby Joel Leifheit, MD Steak ‘n Shake
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Neelam Goel, MD Peru
Peru
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1. The Environmental
(1998)—Johnny Depp Protection Agency (EPA)
Leaving Las Vegas—(1995)
Nicholas Cage 2. The Luxor
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