Trivia

Sellers of men’s sports shirts say wives tend to buy one size too small while husbands are inclined to buy one size too large.

The Philadelphian Henry R. Heyl, a man ahead of his time, invented the “Phosmatrope” in 1870. It projected moving pictures on a screen, but it was clear to show-business people then that it would never be of any use to anyone. Many years later - in 1928 - he invented the paper milk bottle, but dairymen told him it, too, was worthless.

Q. What category of women in their 20s and 30s is least likely to commit suicide?

A. Expectant mothers.

Q. If grass is the fourth most important thing to human existence, what are the first three?

A. Water, light and air.

In the Revolutionary War, the British kept American prisoners of war on such hellish ships as the H.M.S. Jersey. On that one, according to none other than Thomas Jefferson, about 11,000 American soldiers died.

Every tenth yard of denim is dyed some color other than blue.