Trivia

People in the 24-to-35-year age bracket are said to worry least. For two reasons: They think they’re over the worst of it. And they know they still have plenty of time. Or so says a researcher who dug into this and other debatable matters.

During the Great Plague of Europe from 1664 to 1666, everybody who could get tobacco smoked tobacco. They thought it might protect them. It didn’t.

Was not all that long ago that mental institutions were called insane asylums. But more than 150 years ago, the wardens of some charged admission. Spectators paid to watch the inmates.

Corned beef wouldn’t be called that, if coarse salt grains weren’t called corns.

Among those extraordinarily rich folk, the Vanderbilts, was a fellow named Harold. It is he who’s credited with the invention of contract bridge.

Those wishing to immigrate to New Zealand are asked health questions. One such: “Are you susceptible to bunions?”

Q. What do Bedouins do with their old camels?

A. Turn them loose. To find their own range. Their noses are pretty good at that.