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		<title><![CDATA[Great World War]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. World War I was the ultimate outgrowth of a chain reaction starting with an assassination that took place in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Who was the victim of that assassination?

2. What country was the first to declare war in the sequence of events...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-1146930</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/26/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What about rhe deep fried Twinkie?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Hostess website, Christopher Sell invented the "fried twinkie" at the ChipShop, his restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. It was described by the New York Times in this way: "Something magical occurs when the pastry hits the hot oil. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-1147412</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will they survive a nuclear war?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[An urban legend holds that twinkies are chemically syntheized and require no baking. As a result, they supposedly have a nearly limitless shelf-life and could potentially "survive a nuclear war" (like cockroaches). In practice, twinkies last only ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-1147411</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How are Twinkies made?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though Continental Foods has never revealed how Twinkies are made, most people believe that they are baked, because the bottoms look brown. The Washington Post reported on April 15, 2005 that "the cakes are baked for 10 minutes, then the cream ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-1147410</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How long have they been around?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Twinkie was invented on April 6, 1930 by bakery manager James Dewar, making thrifty use of shortcake pans that were usually only used during the strawberry season. Twinkies originally contained a banana cream filling, but this was replaced ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-1147409</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What is a Twinkie?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Twinkie is a "Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling" created by Hostess, and baked by Continental Baking Co., which is owned by Kansas City-based Interstate Bakeries Corporation. Twinkies measure 4" x 1" and are usually sold in packages of two....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-1147408</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Was Holmes a coke addict?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forensic psychologist Dr. Thomas Dalby calls Holmes the “first popular figure to abuse” cocaine, and Watson not only directly addresses Holmes’ abuse of cocaine and morphine in two stories, he makes oblique references in seven others. He ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-1147352</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/21/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How often did Holmes say 'Elementary, my dear Watson'?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Holmes  never said these famous words, at least not in the canonical works written by Conan Doyle. The first appearance of “Elementary, my dear Watson” is in the 1909 PG Wodehouse novel Psmith, Journalist. However, Holmes neither says it nor ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-1147351</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/21/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Was Holmes always so popular?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conan Doyle’s initial Holmes stories didn’t sell well enough to encourage him to continue the character. He did receive some fan mail in support but only one fan letter stood out: Lawson Tait, a pioneering surgeon of the time whom Conan Doyle ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-1147350</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/21/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is there a real 221-B on Baker Street?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sherlock Holmes fans searched in vain for the residence of Holmes and Watson at 221B Baker, as the address was Conan Doyle’s invention. In 1990, the Sherlock Holmes Museum was established on London’s Baker Street in a Georgian boarding house, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-1147349</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/21/2012</pubDate>
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