Trivia

Q. Of all the vessels at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese bombed it in 1941, are any still afloat?

A. Only one. A tough little tug called the “Hoga,” moored now at San Francisco’s Treasure Island. Plans are to refurbish it and send it to the memorial exhibit at Pearl.

A ton of iron turns into three tons of rust.

Belief is all citrus fruits derived from the Chinese orange.

A computer run on emergency room records indicates most human bite wounds occur from 4 to 6 p.m.

“Diplomacy,” it has been said, “is the art of saying ‘nice doggy’ until you can find a rock.”

It has been noted that the least intelligent birds fly in flocks. The most intelligent, the hunters and skilled nest builders, are solitary. The least intelligent mammals, the cud-chewers, remain in herds. The most intelligent, carnivorous tigers and foxes, live alone.

Those uniforms worn by the Swiss Guards at the Vatican were designed by none other than Michelangelo.

In his later years, T.E. Lawrence, the historic Lawrence of Arabia, gave up traditional beds to sleep only in sleeping bags.