Trivia

Q. Does running in the rain get you wetter than walking in the rain?

A. No, what counts is how long you’re in it, not how fast you’re in it. Tests so show.

Do you know what places people remember best from childhood? The places they went to be alone.

Q. Where and when did Philip Morris start making cigarettes?

A. London, 1854.

Among people of retirement age in the United States, five times as many get married as divorced every year.

Fourth most common cosmetic surgery for men is reported to be breast reduction. Preceding it on the list, in order, are nose remodel, eyelid lift, and liposuction at various selected areas.

Our language man still finds it quaintly curious that we recite in plays and play in recitals.

Q. In India, when the ants move their eggs to higher ground, the watchful locals likewise go for altitude, knowing from the ants a flood is imminent. But how do the ants know?

A. They’ve been deeper, where it’s already wet. Even as rats know when the ship is sinking. They’ve been in the bilges, where the water is already rising.