Trivia

Q. Does any batch of water ever ride currents all the way around the world?

A. Presumably. But scientists say it takes a thousand years.

If the geographers have it right, you can list Oregon as the state with the most ghost towns, abandoned gold mines and oneman villages, combined.

Q. Why did King Louis XIII of France start the fashion of men’s wigs?

A. Why else? He lost some hair.

Those who know all about chocolate break it to test it. If it snaps clean, it’s good. If it splinters, it’s too dry. If it resists overmuch, it’s too waxy. If it folds, it’s bad, or at least misbehaving.

Wyoming Valley is in Pennsylvania. The Alabama Swamps are in New York.

Q. What does the “o” stand for in “o’clock”?

A. “Of the.”

What dice players now call an ace - the one - was known to the ancient Greeks as a “dog.”

An ostrich egg is 4,500 times heavier than a hummingbird egg.

Q. Where’s the oldest hospital still in existence?

A. In Paris. The Hotel Dieu. There since the A.D. 600’s.