Trivia

The typical city-state in ancient Greece was no larger than today’s small American county.

Three out of four surgical operations in the Civil War were amputations. Deadliest was at the hip - 83.3 percent fatal.

A factory survey of men all doing the same sort of work for the same length of time showed some exhausted at day’s end while others still seemed highly energetic. Analysts turned up the curious difference. The tired ones expected to do nothing but rest after work. The lively ones each had plans for the evening.

Q. What’s a “designer drug”?

A. A street-lab drug with its molecular structure changed to avoid criminal prosecution for its possession.

The bigger the dog, the more frequently it gets sick. That, according to a British actuary.

A married man in a business partnership is more apt to split up with his wife than with his business partner. Statistically.

Rhinos heehaw like donkeys.

Debate goes on over the origin of that phrase, “well-heeled,” to mean holding plenty of cash. But some language specialists say it once was a cockfighter’s term. Then it meant the bird wore superior spurs to make it a deadlier fighter.