EDITOR'S NOTE
Considering the uniqueness of our Presidential election we are including some Presidential trivia in this issue of POEPOUR E-Magazine. Trivia will be a regular feature along with photo's, jokes, cook offs and recipies, and a variety of other features including things to do.
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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
President John Quincy Adams was the first to be elected president without receiving either the most popular votes or the most votes of the electoral college.
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RIN-TIN-TIN, the German shepherd dog who became the world's most popular animal film star, was discovered as a shell-shocked puppy in a German trench in World War 1 by a U.S. serviceman, Lt. Lee Duncan. He took the dog to Los Angeles with him and trained him for a film career. For several years Rin-Tin-Tin provided his studio, Warner Brothers, with its main source of income, and the dog was duly given top billing above that of his human costars.
At the time of Rin-Tin-Tin's death in 1932, his fan mail was running at about 2,000 letters a week-the same as that of Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
Source: Reader's Digest Book of Facts
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NEW WORD
Hyperbole:
exaggeration for effect, not meant to be taken literally.
Example: This story is as old as time.
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We cannot set into motion the wind that blows, but we can rig our sails to catch it when it comes.
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