Trivia

To your file of success stories, add “Chicken.” Less than a lifetime ago, your ancestors in many plush places paid far more for a chicken dinner than for prime rib or broiled lobster.

Unicycles go back much farther than bicycles.

You’re right - bears don’t hug. Nor I believe do they kiss goodnight.

Q. Will there be any more eclipses in the 20th century?

A. Of the moon, no. Of the sun, three - in 1997, visible in Mongolia; in 1998, visible in the Caribbean; in 1999, visible across Europe.

Historical record reveals Cleopatra habitually daubed perfume between her toes while waiting for one man or another. For Mark Antony, she did that. And more. He was pretty special. She also sprinkled perfume all over the sails of her barge.

Stray animal shelters nationwide reportedly outnumber battered women shelters at least 2-to-1.

One set of statistics indicates the average 65-year-old American man has held 10.7 jobs, the average 65-year-old American woman, 12.2.