Trivia

There are people who contend they can get rid of hiccups by panting like a dog.

International dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

It’s also known that one in 12 kitchen mechanics lines up the shelved spices in alphabetical order.

“I believe people who have affairs tend to be those who can’t talk about their own problems, so can’t confront them.” Such is the quoted view of that British gift to world drama, Julia Ormond.

Report is that highly choosy institution called Harvard last year declined to accept approximately 1,600 high school valedictorians.

Q. How long do most thunderstorms last?

A. In one place? Maybe half an hour. Depends on how fast they move. Most measure about 15 miles across.

Russian men and women are three times more likely - statistically - to suffer strokes than Italian men and women. So reports the World Health Organization.

A glowing coal is a “gleed.”

Suppose you know what a “smack” is. It’s also a group of jellyfish. Couple of other little known collective nouns: A “pitying” of turtle doves. A “labor” of moles.