Trivia

Tue., Aug. 27, 1996

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

At least three-fourths of the people who recognize Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones don’t know he majored in European history and literature at the prestigious London School of Economics.

Please add “rehash” to your redundancies list.

Not all birds-of-paradise hang upside down from tree limbs while they mate, but a couple of New Guinea species do. The Blue and the Emperor of Germany. I have pictures, but I’m not going to put them on the Internet until you buy a Kid Control.

It’s conceivable a youngster 4 feet tall could stand upright in the open mouth of a hippopotamus. Briefly.

Q. When did the bra makers first start using cup sizes?

A. In 1939. “Batman” came out then. So did DDT. And the first fluorescent lights. And FM radio receivers. It was the year an allwomen-band pianist named Ruth Lowe wrote “I’ll Never Smile Again” in memory of her late husband, and everybody sang it - everybody. Ask your grandmother to hum it. She can.

Claim is your hand is normal if your thumb is as strong as the four fingers opposing it.

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