Small-town celebrity birthplace of the week: Mount Olive, Ala. (current population about 4,000). Country-music legend Hank Williams was born there in 1923 as Hiram King Williams. His son, country singer Hank Williams Jr., was born with the first name of Randall. And Junior's son, singer Hank Williams III, was born with the first name of Shelton.

Your humble trivia author has always wondered about the shampoo-label directive, "lather, rinse, repeat." Is the "repeat" there just to get us all to use up the shampoo more quickly, or does it really take two rounds to do the job right? If you can provide a definitive answer, please let us know.

American schoolchildren learn that the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1849 led to the California gold rush.

What kind of mill was Sutter's Mill?
A) Sawmill
B) Grain mill
C) Paper mill
D) Windmill

Previous answer: Author Jessamyn West based the main character of her novel "The Friendly Persuasion" on her great-grandfather Joshua Milhous, who was also Richard Nixon's great-grandfather. Thus, West and Nixon were second cousins.

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