Trivia

Have you found any other alphabetized language, besides Hawaiian, without an “S” in it? Neither have I. So far.

Romance novels sell better in the United States than anywhere else. That’s been the case for the past 75 years. It’s also true that the U.S. divorce rate has been higher than elsewhere in that time. But the connection, if any, is imprecise.

“Fritiniency” means “insect noise.” You don’t hear it much. The word.

All five U.S. presidents who wore beards - Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Harrison the younger - were Republicans.

In 1913, the tax on $4,000 annual income was 1 cent.

Why ancient high-ranking Egyptians elected to shave their heads and then wear wigs remains a matter of debate. They preferred the fair-haired look, I suppose.

It has now been determined that among owners of four-wheel drive vehicles, only one in 20 ever takes the macho machine off-highway.

Claim is that more than 100 descendants of Johann Sebastian Bach have been cathedral organists.