Trivia

Takes the average healthy young man 1.76 seconds to move 10 feet from a standing start. Average professional baseball player does it in 1.02 seconds.

Not everybody knows Confucius was the 11th child of a 70-year-old soldier.

Fellow who invented rubber heels was one Humphrey O’Sullivan. The burning sting of inspiration hit him one evening after he’d been pounding the pavement all day looking for work.

A tunnel links Buckingham Palace to the London subway system. Used to be a military secret. Only thing secret about it now is who comes and goes that way.

There are six widows for every widower, although that may not be the right way to say it.

The fighting tusks of the hippopotamus keep on growing as long as the big beast lives.

Q. Can infrared rays pass through smog and clouds, water and glass?

A. Smog and clouds, yes. Water and glass, no.

Fourteen out of every 100 wives are older than their husbands.