Trivia

Are there any left-handed violin players?

Add to the annals of natural selection: Most butterflies once were covered with fur. They kept getting caught in spider webs. Their ilk waned. Prettier hairless butterflies multiplied.

Word is hard-water ice cubes have a white spot in the middle and soft-water ice cubes are uniformly cloudy.

The space between the tip of your big toe and the interior end of your shoe should be equal to the width of your thumb. Or so contends an expert on foot felicity.

Laos and Paraguay use no coins, only paper money.

Q. When a golfer makes a bad drive, then hits another shot not to be tallied on the score, it’s called a “mulligan.” Why?

A. On the typical saloon’s bar of long ago was a bottle containing pepper seeds and water. It was free. A shot from same in a patron’s beer supposedly calmed the nerves and settled the stomach even though it left a burning bad taste in the mouth. It was called a “mulligan.”

Joan Rivers reported: “After we made love, he took a piece of chalk and made an outline of my body.”

Sports historians contend football actually evolved through numerous variations from an ancient game wherein the athletes used a skull for a ball.

From the 15th through the 17th century in England, many a professional witness made a living by giving false testimony at trials. The practice remained common so long dictionaries still identify such a fee liar as a “Knight of the post.”

Q. What proportion of Brazil’s cars run on ethanol?

A. About 80 percent at last report.

Only about half a percent of all animal species have spines.