Trivia

What would the average young woman have to do to get the bodily proportions of a Barbie doll? That has been calculated. No change required of her hips. But she’d need to grow a foot taller, add 4 inches to her bustline and lose 5 inches around her waist.

Similar accidents to men and women are more often fatal to men.

Have you ever owned a pair of hiking boots? If so, how long did they last? Claim is they typically hold up for about 1,400 miles. I have a pair. Really good ones. They’re still just like new.

Gophers are hermits.

You’ve eaten jelly all your life, no? So maybe you, too, were unaware that there was no big commercial jelly industry in the United States until World War II. Earlier here, jelly was either made at home or imported. Not until the War cut off imports did U.S. companies drew up plans to mass-make it here.

Word is that African honey bees can’t hold up in terrain that gets 30 days of freezing weather.

Q. How many former U.S. presidents survived their 85th birthdays?

A. Five: Ronald Reagan, John Adams, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman and James Madison.

Some caterers suggest you always buy one more bottle of wine than you think you’ll need for every four people.