Trivia

Something else your teacher may not have mentioned about Buckingham Palace is it was built on the site of an old brothel.

Jackals mate for life.

Scholars say some Borneo natives think orangutans can talk, but don’t. In the belief they’d be put to work if people knew they understood what they were told.

When Sweden banned car horns, the traffic accident rate dropped appreciably.

In rapid reply, no, it was King Charles XII who always buttered his toast with his thumb.

When fighter planes join bombers to provide escort in combat, they “rendezvous,” an official Air Force term. Historian C. F. Eckhardt recounts: During World War II, a Free French pilot, flying with the Americans, asked a briefing officer to explain the term “rendezvous.” The officer said, “It’s French! You should know it!” The Frenchman said, “Oui, I know what means ‘rendezvous,’ but between fighters and bombers, this is not it.”

A scallop has about 35 eyes.

“How much bear grease could the oldtimey bear hunters get out of one black bear?” asks a client. A dozen gallons, about. In autumn.