Trivia

Most merchant seaman have listed themselves as orphans. In logs, rosters, whatever records there be. So say the researchers.

Those who purport to know say animals in the wild don’t snore.

One computer run has shown this: Among the single people over age 45, the women make more money than the men, typically.

Q. Fast-food stores prefer sites where the traffic goes only so fast. How fast?

A. No more than 30 mph.

The Union Army of the Civil War didn’t have a large air force, but it did have one - with seven balloons.

“Boat lag” was what it was called before it was called “jet lag.”

Linus Yale, the designer of a famous pin lock named for him, came up with his bright idea after examining ancient wooden pin-and-bolt locks made in ancient Egypt.

A croquet ball weighs one pound.

Among the swiftest growing categories in the book publishing business is “Death.”

If you wrap your kids’ crayons with masking tape, they won’t break as easily. The crayons.