Trivia

Most people expect to retire in their 60s, but latest reports say the age they actually do retire now - this is an average - is 59.

“Walk softly and carry a big stick” was an oft-spoken proverb in West Africa long before Theodore Roosevelt borrowed it.

Beavers, however eager, only work about five hours a day.

Singer Aaron Neville was a New Orleans longshoreman for a while there. It paid for his earlier studio time.

Men like corn. Women like peas. What’s wrong with those women, anyhow?

Many a sailor three centuries ago thought it cunning to have a crucifix tattooed on his back. A common punishment then for “drunk on duty” was 24 lashes. Not only would the boson’s mate be reluctant to swing full tilt, those sailors believed, but the whip itself would curl back from the holy symbol.

The novel “Deliverance” by James Dickey was written in a little less than 12 days.