Trivia

Q. Wasn’t it against the law in the Victorian Age to show beds in advertisements?

A. It wasn’t done - that’s all. Don’t know of any such law. In bedroom illustrations, beds were hidden by curtains.

Q. I was aboard the USS Sealion when we sank the Japanese freighter Enoura Maru in World War II. The nearly 1,000 prisoners of war who died in that catastrophe were Australians, not Americans as reported. The catastrophe was the same, but that one fact needs a correction. - HH, Columbia, Calif.

A. Thank you. Appreciate it.

Apple strudel originated in Turkey and went through Hungary before it wound up in Germany.

Rabbits avoid marigolds.

Q. Where did Ray Bradbury write “Fahrenheit 451”?

A. In the basement typing room at UCLA’s library where time on old typewriters rented for 10 cents per half-hour. Typing time for the first draft, then called “The Fire Man,” cost him $9.80.

Collectors of baseball memorabilia know a signed bat is worth considerably more than a signed ball, and a signed ball is worth considerably more than a signed photograph.