Trivia

First broadcast of a real trial was a radio rendition of the historic Scopes case in 1925. A sportscaster did the play by play.

In the talk of the teenagers, “phat” is now cooler than “cool,” but grandmothers roll their eyes when a younger soul calls somebody “phat.”

Q. How long will a lobster stay alive after it’s hauled out of the ocean?

A. Couple of weeks, if its gills are kept moist.

“Failure is the test of greatness,” said pioneer novelist Herman Melville, whose greatness was tested repeatedly.

The Sutherland Highlanders - the 93rd Regiment of the British military - always wore kilts into battle. Except once. Then it wore pants. That’s the only one it lost.

In Brussels is a byway so narrow two people can’t walk abreast so it’s called One Person Street.