Trivia

“Museum” originally meant “Temple of the Muses.”

Three out of four Danes speak English.

Your forebears and mine developed defensive tastes to reject possible toxins. Leaves and roots with even the slightest acrid taint evidently left a message in your genes, scientists say. If you don’t like the taste of broccoli, they say, you probably inherited that dislike.

In the world of baseball, most elders have forgotten a trick most youngsters haven’t heard about: Babe Ruth as a pitcher could throw two baseballs side by side across the plate with one hand in one pitch.

An elephant’s liver can weigh as much as 80 pounds.

Q. What’s the top speed of that Chevrolet Camero with the special service package sold to highway patrols?

A. Reportedly, 159 mph.

India has a bill of rights for cows.

Why does Swiss cheese with big holes sell better than Swiss cheese with little holes? You tell me.

Detroit, it’s said, is in the Midwest. The Cumberland Gap is 25 miles farther west than Detroit. But a lot of people in Virginia won’t buy the contention that part of their state is in the Midwest.