Trivia

Cud chewers came to be cud chewers eons ago for safety’s sake. In open meadows where predators might see them, they grazed quickly, then hid to finish eating.

Understand that tiger trainers can teach their full-grown cats to use big litter boxes.

You can buy horseradish ice cream in Tokyo.

Volkswagen’s Beetle, still made in Brazil and Mexico, has been in production since 1937, longer than any other car.

Long ago a teacher divided a class into “Golden Birds,” singers, and “Blackbirds,” non-singers. Tony Bennett was assigned to the Blackbirds. Of all the fine vocalists who’ve made lifelong careers of their art, I suspect Bennett is the master singer most often told, in effect, during his early years: You just don’t have the talent.

Word is that businesses nationwide now are tossing out about 10 million computers ever year.

Q. Fully grown wild turkeys are called toms, male, and hens, female. What are the half-grown called?

A. Jakes, male; jennies, female.

Medical research suggests men with hair on their chests are less likely than bare-chested men to get cirrhosis of the liver.