Trivia

Q. How much of Australia is “outback”?

A. About 80 percent.

A rattlesnake averages not one but two rattles for each year of its life.

If George Washington had worn modern shoes, they’d have been size 13.

Remarkable how many people don’t know that a cat typically has 12 whiskers on each side of its nose.

Word is the United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

Women were first to plant and decorate. So the deities of fertility and culture were goddesses, not gods.

Two out of three pet cats get Christmas presents, according to those who track the holiday markets.

Assuming you, too, have had some bad depressions, may I ask what brought on the worst of same? Or is that too personal? Behavioral researchers at the University of Minnesota tried to pin down the most common cause of sudden sadness. Unsurprisingly, people queried in the matter most often said lovers’ quarrels started their worst down-spirals. Conclusion: What can make you happiest is what can make you saddest.