Trivia

A mattress lasts longer if different persons sleep on it from night to night. So say bed merchants who sell both to homes and hotels. They say changes of weights and sleep positions even out the wear.

Gold interested Hernando Cortes. So did the yellow flower he first saw in Aztec country. We call it the marigold because he called it Mary’s Gold.

Can you confirm the curious claim that catnip does nothing for kittens, only full-grown cats?

Standard fine for a drunk driving conviction in Denmark long has been a month’s salary.

Those who examine ancient bones believe murder among men is as old as the means to commit it.

“Let the baby go barefoot until it starts to walk,” recommends one medical specialist.

Doodlebugs always walk backwards.

Two-thirds of the insects eat insects.

Q. One kind of machine has been built more than all other kinds put together. Name it.

A. Timepieces, say the experts.

Ancient Egyptians made room in their mythology for a god named Sia, whose only chore was to protect the genitals of the dead.

Alligators, too, get gout.