Every once in awhile the writers at Last Call Trivia come across a topic or fact during research that won’t quite work in a show. There are several reasons that we decide not to write a question about something that we’ve found, but sometimes it is really cool…Like Zach Morris’s cell phone cool. Instead of being greedy and hoarding these fun nuggets of knowledge, we decided that it’s time to start sharing.This first time around is in the form of a biography. In a quick search through the Last Call show database, it can be seen that there have been numerous questions and answers regarding Helen Keller. Looking through those same shows though, there was not a single question about a woman by the name of Laura Bridgman. Bridgman and Keller actually had quite a lot in common, and Bridgman actually lived before Keller. If it hasn’t yet been discerned, Laura Bridgman was a deaf and blind woman.   In addition to this, she didn’t have the ability to smell or taste. Despite these obstacles, Bridgman did have the ability to learn. Like Keller, Laura Bridgman was affected by an ailment at a young age that caused her to lose her senses. The culprit in Bridgman’s story was Scarlet Fever at the age of two. Despite her abilities being taken away, Bridgman’s parents enrolled her at Perkins school for the blind in Massachusetts in 1837. During her time in school, Bridgman was able to learn how to construct words and sentences, and was also able to perform simple arithmetic. These, among other accomplishments, were feats that had not been attained in the past. Because of Bridgman’s success at Perkins, word began to spread, and articles were being written and shared in various teaching circles throughout parts of the United States and