Trivia

Women and men differ in what they regard as the ideal female weight and figure. And extensive studies indicate the men’s ideal is considerably heavier and fuller than the women’s.

Q. How come Viking sailors, who had no lemons, limes or oranges, didn’t get scurvy?

A. They ate sauerkraut.

According to the historical footnotes, the state of Mississippi in 1866 spent a fifth of its revenues on artificial arms and legs for Confederate veterans.

Ground rhino horn is “an illegal substance” in many countries worldwide, and on the Asian markets, it reportedly has a usual street value about equal to that of cocaine in the United States.

Why sons of divorced parents have more behavior problems than daughters of divorced parents is something else the sociologists have not yet fathomed, they say.

“The key question,” writes a client, “is do you boss the house or house the boss?”

The Chinese reportedly made only 99 gold Mao Tse-tung pocket watches. They now are said to sell for around $20,000 each.

According to Popular Science magazine, aviation experts say the best camouflage color for ground-attack fighter planes is pink, but the Air Force won’t buy it.