Trivia

There are those who say a bagel before bedtime prevents insomnia. “Carbohydrates stimulate insulin release, which allows the brain to absorb more sleep-inducing tryptophan.” So goes one explanation. Interesting, but unverified here.

Scholars say pet wolves were pulling sleds about 12,000 years ago.

The volcanic blowup in 1883 of Indonesia’s Krakatoa - thought to be the loudest sound ever heard on earth - was not loud at its epicenter. Scientists say dust clouds absorbed all sound there.

Report is that 72 percent of this country’s charitable foundations list assets of less than $1 million.

Q. Who first controlled caged lions with a chair in his hand?

A. Clyde Beatty, renowned tamer from 1920 to 1960.

Was a time when a term of ridicule for a bald man was “pilgarlic.”

Q. What’s on the world’s first record displayed at the Edison Museum in Florida’s Fort Myers?

A. “Mary had a little lamb.”