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Trivia and Amazing Facts 17-03-2015

 
Trivia and Amazing Facts
  • The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota
  • An oven used for heating pottery is called a "muffle"
  • Anything described as "saurian" is much like a lizard
  • The first college on record to use the word "campus" to describe its grounds was Princeton. "Campus" is Latin for "field"
  • Not used as often as it once was, a "springe" is a snare consisting of a noose attached to something under tension, as a bent tree branch.