# Today's trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672 "2013-11-24T15:07:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/1 "2013-11-24T15:07:34Z")
1642- Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen’s land, later renamed Tasmania. 1859-Darwin’s Origin of Species was published. 1871-The National Rifle Association was incorporated. 1963-Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK’s accused assassin, in the garage of Dallas police headquarters. 1971-D. B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines flight with $200,000. Born today: 1784 - Zachary Taylor, 12th Pres 1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1868 - Scott Joplin 1888 - Dale Carnegie 1925 - William F. Buckley Jr 1941 - Donald “Duck” Dunn 1941 - Pete Best 1961 - Me 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/2 "2013-11-24T15:19:09Z")
Happy Birthday, saje! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/3 "2013-11-24T15:20:22Z")
Happy Birthday, young’un! ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/4 "2013-11-24T17:38:51Z")
Thanks! (And thanks for humoring my superbly lame attention-seeking gambit :p) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/5 "2013-11-24T17:41:22Z")
Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday, dear Saje, Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday, dear Saje, Happy Birthday To You! Another year has gone and you have stood the test, Stand out from the rest, far among the best, Another year has come, a year of joy and fun, So here is my request: Happy Birthday To You! (Yes, you! Yes, you! Yes, you!) Happy Birthday To You! It had to be you!\_ Happy Birthday, dear Saje, Happy Birthday, dear Saje, Happy Birthday, dear Saje, Happy Birthday To You!!! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/6 "2013-11-24T17:44:15Z")
Hearty applause for a cool and clever post! Happy Birthday, **saje**! ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/7 "2013-11-24T18:37:02Z")
[Women surpassed men in education at least a decade ago](http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5283fa0becad042c30dfc6be-1200/20-the-end-of-men.jpg) [More charts here](http://www.businessinsider.com/business-insider-us-20-2013-2013-11?op=1) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/8 "2013-11-24T19:57:36Z")
You look like a monkey, and smell like one too! All the best. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/9 "2013-11-24T19:59:27Z")
Ummm, the charts are… 😕 Love the song though! 🙂 Thanks all! ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/10 "2013-11-24T20:20:34Z")
What was confusing about the charts? I can help with that if you like. I’ve seen some of them before. Business Insider tends to be a bit on the terse side but that’s one of the things I like about them. They manage to deliver a lot of valuable information in a tightly compressed amount of space. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/11 "2013-11-24T20:31:41Z")
Not exactly applicable to Nov 24 trivia though. (and yes I’m feeling and hearing that giant whoosh…) ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/12 "2013-11-24T20:37:07Z")
Oooohhhhh! I thought it was going to be a general trivia thread as in ‘trivia for today.’ Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/13 "2013-11-24T21:13:43Z")
Happy Birthday, President Taylor! And **saje** …you too! ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/14 "2013-11-24T21:58:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! > Happy Birthday, dear Saje, > Happy Birthday To You! > > Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! > Happy Birthday, dear Saje, > Happy Birthday To You! > > Another year has gone and you have stood the test, > Stand out from the rest, far among the best, > Another year has come, a year of joy and fun, > So here is my request: > > Happy Birthday To You! (Yes, you! Yes, you! Yes, you!) > Happy Birthday To You! It had to be you!\_ > Happy Birthday, dear Saje, > Happy Birthday, dear Saje, > Happy Birthday, dear Saje, > Happy Birthday To You!!! Prof, you may be in copyright violation. Cite: Entry #5 [6 Laws You've Broken Without Even Realizing It | Cracked.com](http://www.cracked.com/article_19450_6-laws-youve-broken-without-even-realizing-it.html) I imagine nobody would ever turn you in for this. But… check out Entry #4. … Nevertheless, Happy Birthday **Saje**. Congratulations on making it one more time around the big ball of fire in the sky. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/15 "2013-11-25T02:13:38Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Cite: Entry #5 [6 Laws You've Broken Without Even Realizing It | Cracked.com](http://www.cracked.com/article_19450_6-laws-youve-broken-without-even-realizing-it.html) > But… check out Entry #4. Good thing that **Siam Sam** is my real name. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-trivia/674672/16 "2013-11-25T02:27:31Z")
> [@saje](#): > > 1963-Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK’s accused assassin, in the garage of Dallas police headquarters. > > 1971-D. B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines flight with $200,000. Hey wait a minute…