Trivia
Q. How do I calculate the weight of my skin?
A. Divide your body weight by 16.
Why people begin to lose their ability to blush when they get into their 30s is another medical mystery.
Korean women don’t change their names after marriage, either.
Sign seen on a display of “I love you only” Valentine cards: “Now available in multipacks.”
Q. What was George Washington’s political party?
A. No party. He was the only U.S. president to reject party affiliation.
A good camel won’t even try to carry an unbalanced load.
Q. Who first came up with those vertically striped black-and-white shirts for sports officials?
A. A Detroit referee named Lloyd Olds. In 1921. That was the year Coco Chanel started selling Chanel No. 5. And a Swedish lamp salesman introduced the Electrolux vacuum cleaner. And a Cincinnati chemical company found a market for its new Drano.
That female bird called the murre lays a pointed egg shaped like a toy top. If it rolls, it only rolls in a tight circle. That’s good. She always lays it on the bare rock of a cliff ledge.
Q. What are the “high seas”?
A. Areas of water outside the designated authority of any nation.