Trivia

If a baby kept on growing at the rate it grows during its nine months in the womb, on its first birthday it would weigh 160 pounds.

Q. Who was “Silver Dollar Jim”?

A. A Texas millionaire named James M. West. He packed his pockets with silver dollars and threw handfuls to small crowds. History records that “he derived some pleasure in seeing the needy and greedy scramble on their hands and knees.” History always takes an attitude, doesn’t it?

Average house cat weighs 11 pounds. And denies it, I imagine.

Short quick steps cover more ground than long ambling strides, evidently. To prove women walk more swiftly than men, a University of Minnesota study showed women average 256 feet per minute while men average 245.

Your typical toaster needs 1,100 watts.

Nearly half the pigs in the world grow up in China. Or almost up.