Nancy's Nook ...: Trivia Tuesday

The Andy Griffith Show was actually a spin off! Sheriff Andy Taylor first appeared on an episode of The Danny Thomas Show in which Danny is arrested by Sheriff Taylor for failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign in the town of Mayberry. The character was such a hit that Andy soon got his own show.  

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Calvin Coolidge refused to use the telephone while he was President. A man of few words, he once said, "If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it."

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A lacto-ovo vegetarian excludes all types of meat from their diet but eats eggs and dairy products. A lacto vegetarian excludes all meat and eggs but eats dairy products. A vegan, the strictist type of vegetarian, excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy, from their diet.

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Jamie Farr, who played Max Klinger, was the only regular cast member of "M*A*S*H" to actually serve in the Army in Korea. (He served after the war was over).

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What was the original title of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451?  Ray Bradbury and his publishers thought The Fireman was a boring title, so they called a local fire station and asked what temperature paper burned at. The firemen put Bradbury on hold while they burned a book, then reported back, and the rest is history.