Trivia
It’s known by all, I believe, that the most expensive vehicle to operate is the shopping cart.
Q. Why do people put meat tenderizer on bee stings?
A. Bee venom is pure protein. It’s broken down by the papaya enzyme in the tenderizer.
According to the correspondents, it’s against the law to slam a car door in Switzerland.
New England is approximately a third bigger than old England.
On deck of the typical old sailing ship was one particular hatch cover better shielded from the wind than the others. It was on that cover, the protected place, where the most naive of seafowl, a type of gannet, usually alighted. Seamen nicknamed this unwary bird the booby. And its shipboard landing spot, somewhat of a sanctuary, came to be known as the “booby hatch.”
Q. Is it true a frog won’t eat a dead bug?
A. What’s true is a frog’s eyes register only what moves. If it doesn’t wiggle, the frog can’t see it.
Many Indians in the Mexican state of Hidalgo want to die with no wealth at all. If they leave any possessions that require the work of others, they believe, they’ll have to work in the next world to pay for that labor.
You can train a bat - tell Igor - to eat out of your hand.