Trivia

Thu., June 20, 1996

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

So tiny was the French dwarf Richeborg - only 23 inches at maturity - he could pass for a baby in diapers. Costumed as such, during the French Revolution, he was left cunningly where he could eavesdrop on sensitive conversations. And so garbed, in the arms of innocent girls, he carried secret dispatches in and out of Paris. Richeborg was the world’s smallest spy.

The ornament in the bow of a traditional gondola in Venice weighs about as much as the gondolier in the stern. A counterbalance.

Life expectancy of a stork is 35 years.

“Gregory” comes from the Greek word for “watchman.”

Append Virginia Wolfe to your list of authors who wrote standing up.

Automation is such now that one person can take care of 100,000 chickens.

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