Trivia

In the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, the British captured a Frenchman named Charles, Duke of Orleans, and took him to the Tower of London, where he wrote rhymed love letters to his wife. His poems, according to some historians, were the first in the long tradition of mailed Valentine’s Day verses.

Remarkable, is it not, that 60,000 termites - that’s an average colony - eats only about a fifth of an ounce of wood a day? Those hormones that mature the body are known to become most active during regular periods of sleep. This is particularly significant in younger teenagers, sleep researchers say. They claim irregular sleep patterns may delay puberty. Noteworthy, if true.

It was that sex symbol of yesteryear’s movies Mae West who remarked: “I always say, keep a diary and someday it’ll keep you.”

Q. How often am I supposed to clean my computer’s floppy disk drives?

A. Oh, are you supposed to clean them? Wait, too flip. If you use them all the time, says a specialist, it shouldn’t hurt to put the cleaning kit to them a couple of times a year.

Yemen’s typical wedding feast lasts 21 days.