Trivia

The flute was invented before the wheel.

Most men who weigh 162 pounds and stand 5-foot-8 consider themselves just a bit undersized. They’re not. They’re exactly average, according to a chair manufacturer.

The planet Venus is about as hot as a self-cleaning oven, I’m told.

According to some psychiatrists, you’re sane whenever you’re able to take somebody else’s point of view. It’s supposedly that simple.

Parents of twins should never introduce them as “the twins,” but by their individual names. So say the experts. Likewise, any multiple-birth offspring. Don’t say, “Here are the quints.” Say, “I’d like you to meet Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Joker,” or whatever.

In three out of four cases filed in small-claims courts, the defendants give up without a fight.

Q. You said the tip of the rhino’s horn is like the chin of a glass-jawed boxer. Hit it just right, and down it goes. How do you know? Did you ever walk up to a rhino and belt it on the horn?

A. A few downed rhinos have had no bullet wounds other than nicks on the tips of their horns.