Trivia

Claim is that Mount St. Helens coughed up twice as much rock and ash as did old Pompeii’s renowned Vesuvius.

Not everyone realizes civilians wounded or killed in terrorist attacks also are eligible to receive the Purple Heart.

Q. It has been proved that women are far more disturbed than men by bed partners who toss and turn in sleep. Why?

A. The more disturbed is almost invariably the one who weighs less.

Q. Can you name the only state with all the major raw materials to make steel?

A. Alabama.

Q. Who actually started Chicago?

A. A black man probably from Haiti named Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable. He founded the village that later became Chicago and was finally so credited in 1968.

Du Sable was a pioneer trader. He sold out his holdings on Lake Michigan in 1800 and moved to Missouri to farm.

In a human, the longer the digestive tract, the fatter the being. Sort of. At least, pathologists find longer tracts in overweight bodies. Why then aren’t giraffes fat? Their digestive systems are about 280 feet long.