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The Two Bit News
"Worth Every Bit!"

“The Two-Bit News” is for people who have a serious love of learning. We teach using trivia as our tool. This weekly digest condenses a world of knowledge into a tight package that feeds your head by providing you with food for thought. Subscribe to the Fact Extractor (above) and you'll be given a weekly link to the current issue of the Two Bit News. Read the current issue for free and check out our back issues (scroll down) for only 25 cent each. It’s called the Two-Bit News because back issues cost 25 cents, but the true value is priceless.

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Salt - Makers & Shakers"

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Pepper - Nothing to Sneeze At"

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Garlic - Think & Stink"

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Red Paper is a micro-publisher where you can waste many valuable hours reading all sorts of good stuff - fiction, non-fiction, stories, history, and trivia - for ridiculously small sums of money. Invest as little as $3.00 using your credit card, and you are free to wander about the site, choosing between myriad offerings of many writers, including mine. Many writers charge only a few pennies for the right to read their stories. I charge two-bits: 25 cents. Click on any of the links below to go to Red Paper and read your heart out.

RedPaper.com posts by J. Spencer
All titles are available for download - at a price of $0.25 each
HOT DOGS: Frank Fact & Folklore 
Two Bits About Niagara Falls 
Neckties: The Long & Short of It 
Niagara Falls: Over (in) A Barrel 
Two Bits About In-Sex 
Great Theatrical Disasters
!*@#&* STRESS ! *@#&*!
Let's Hear it for PARACHUTES!
The Famous Phineas T. Barnum
Great Operatic Disasters
MORE about HOUDINI!
Remembering Unforgettable Houdini
Hangings Hangings Hangins!
FAMOUS LAST WORDS (Literally!)
Let's Rustle Up Some GRUBS (Literally!)
The Wide World of Dinner Parties, Both Memorable and Forgotten

QUICK QUIRK ANSWERS

The toy he invented was, Silly Putty.

The gun maker's name was: Sam Colt

The beetle that saved the day, was the Ladybug.

The gummy waste product, is now called Vaseline Petroleum Jelly.

The hangman's name was DERIK, now spelled derrick.

The rent collector's name was CHARLES BOYCOTT.

The sauce was WORCESTERSHIRE..

The publisher's names were SIMON and SCHUSTER.

The Mayor's name was "Lynch".

The name of the giant in Rabelais' story was GARGANTUA.

The guy who invented the modern method of freezing food was Clarence BIRDSEYE.

The man who invented the new weapon was named Henry SHRAPNEL.

The hot sauce Mr. McIhenny invented is called TABASCO.