Trivia

The 9,900-feet-high Mount Mazama blew up 7,000 years ago, spreading ash all over. What’s left is Oregon’s Crater Lake, which still has the clearest lake water on earth. Clearest ocean water is said to be in the Sargasso Sea.

That renowned Greek philosopher Epicurus calculated that the sun was approximately two feet in diameter.

That musical instrument depicted on Irish coins is the harp.

Survey-takers say almost half the grown-ups nationwide don’t know white bread is made from wheat.

Italian proverb: “He who knows nothing doubts nothing.’

Sophisticated chefs identify countless food facts by aroma. One such: The fragrance of cookies just out of the oven reveals whether the butter was fresh.

If it lives in mud, it’s “limicolous.”

Q. What was the world’s first occupational disease?

A. Skull ulcers, possibly. Skeletal remains indicate numerous ancient Egyptians suffered same, presumably from carrying water jugs on their heads.

The planet Venus has been reported - more than any other heavenly body - as an unidentified flying object.

Report is that Halloween’s trick-or-treat started in Ireland.