Trivia

When you stay in a hotel, do you want an iron and ironing board in your room? Pollsters queried enough travelers to get an impression. About 55 percent of the women said yes, and 29 percent of the men did, too.

A rough translation of an ancient Chinese proverb goes: “Never bend to adjust your sandals when you’re in somebody else’s melon patch.”

Fifty-five percent of the people queried in another sizable sampling nationwide, say they catch zero colds on average every year.