Trivia

That secretarial professional now more often known as the administrative assistant does not eat much of a lunch, if typical. Research suggests only one in 20 makes a full meal of it.

Most common name in nursery rhymes is Jack.

From uric acid, the chemists got barbiturates, so named because their discovery occurred on St. Barbara’s Day.

The risk of dying of cancer today is little different than it was 50 years ago, report the medical statisticians.

Q. What’s so healthy about Mount Healthy, Ohio?

A. Cholera sickened many there in the 1850s. Those who lived through it so named their town to commemorate their survival.

Why is short-term memory more efficient in the morning and long-term memory more accurate in the afternoon? That’s what the experts claim. Most mysterious, if true.

Q. What’s the most dangerous time of the week to drive?

A. Between 2 and 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. It’s about 22 times deadlier, statistically, than between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on any other day.

Whales have no vocal cords.