Trivia

Forgot to mention that the pre-Inca Indians of Peru worshiped their sort of peanut butter.

When Calvin Coolidge was president, several hundred imperfectly identified people lined up every day shortly after noon to take their turns walking through his office to shake his hand. No president thereafter would allow it.

Kingsport, Tenn., is closer to Canada than it is to Memphis, Tenn.

Aristotle said: “Make love in a south wind to beget a girl, in the north wind for a boy.” Our Love and War man doesn’t quote him much for some reason.

On the moon with no atmosphere and not much gravity, a scuba-equipped bicyclist theoretically could cruise easily at 200 mph.

Even as the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, one Harriet Quimby flew an airplane solo across the English Channel. She received little attention. A momentous event, that flight, in 1912. But the Titanic was more so.

Q. Who invented Kitty Litter

A. Edward Lowe of Cassapolis, Mich., is credited with that one.

Q. Elephants send low-frequency calls audible by other elephants at great distances. From what part of the body do they emit these signals?

A. Foreheads.