Trivia

Q. Why did Frederick the Great of Prussia hate coffee so much?

A. He thought it drained Prussian money out of state, money that could have been spent locally. “My people must drink beer!” he cried.

In the sand painting of the Hopi, yellow stands for north, red for south, blue-green for west and white for east.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa was built in stages over a couple of centuries. Each stage compensated for relentless leanings one way or another. If it were jacked up to perfect vertical at ground level, it’s silhouette would curve like this “).”