Trivia

Sun., May 26, 1996

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Rapid Reply: Yes, what killed more than 500 people with its devastation of Texas City in 1947 was a shipload of the same fertilizer, ammonium nitrate, that blew up Oklahoma City’s Federal Building in 1995.

In 17th century England, the law was quite specific: Anyone convicted of cutting down an apple tree was fined one cow, and if the fine wasn’t paid within 60 days, it was upped to one cow and one duck.

Q. Which is bigger - a baby blue whale or a full grown elephant?

A. The infant whale.

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