Word of the week: "Googlewhack." It is a recently coined verb, to type two words into the Google search engine, without quotation marks, and get only one result. The glory derived from such a discovery must by definition be an anonymous one Web-wise, because the posting of it online would cause a second result from a Google search. (Thanks to Peter Gordon of Great Neck, N.Y.)
"Trivia Wanted" Category of the Month: Celebrity Connections. We love discovering unexpected connections between two famous people from unrelated fields. One of our favorites: Pop singer Olivia Newton-John is the granddaughter of German physics Nobelist Max Born. So if you've got a thing or two to share, and long to see your name and hometown in newspapers throughout this great land, please let us know.
Supermodel Cindy Crawford was discovered by chance at the age of 16, when a newspaper photographer happened to notice her at work on a summer job, which was:
A) Shining shoes
B) Driving a tourist bus
C) De-tasseling corn
D) Umpiring softball games
Previous answer: There's Marco Polo Airport in Venice, Vespucci Airport in Florence and da Vinci Airport in Rome, but Italy has no Michelangelo Airport.
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