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my trivial knowledge is seemingly limitless
OK:
A) What goddess was worshipped by the name Trivia and why by that name?
2) What life form goes by the genus and species name trivia?
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A: If I tell you, will you play me some Pink Floyd?
2: Do they cook with garlic? ;)
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Dr. Bill's definition is from something called the Brainy Dictionary. http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/co/cop148049.htmlalso "Cop- the conical ball of cotton or any yarn wound on the spinning frame." http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=328also "A Form Of Yarn Package Spun On A Mule Spindle. The Term Can Also Be Used To Describe A Ring Tube." http://www.fibre2fashion.com/glossary/glossary3.htmalso "A form of yarn package such as is spun on a mule spindle, that is essentially self-supporting. A weft-cop, as used at Holdsworths on face-to-face looms until 1980, was a cop of tightly wound yarn of such a size that it could be used directly in the loom shuttle. These cops were very difficult to handle without damage, and caused a great deal of problems in terms of wasted material and the maintenance cost of the cop-winders. The whole process was made obsolete with the replacement of machinery with shuttle-less looms from Güsken in the early 1980s." http://www.holdsworth.co.uk/history/Cyclopaedia/c.html
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The Romans called the Greek goddess Hecate "Trivia" because she was the goddess of places where three roads met (among other things).
The various trivia are little cowrie persons who live in the sea, most of them very near the Mother Country.
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