Trivia

In some places around Scotland, it’s still the quaint custom for an engaged couple to lick their thumbs and press them together to make the romantic commitment. This is not the only way it’s done, however.

The human body tends to do what you wish it to do. If you wish it to get sick, it does so. Or to get well, it does that. The phenomenon is called “somatic compliance.” Dr. Lee Salk explained it.

Risk of violence to teenagers is statistically greater in the schools than on the streets.

Nicolas Cage, Bo Derek, Sally Kellerman, Billie Jean King, Cathy Rigby and Snoop Doggy Dogg were born in California’s Long Beach.

Q. Who was the first American to have indoor plumbing?

A. None other than that popular poet of yesteryear Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, if the record keepers have it right. A visionary in practical matters, too, was he.

That gentlemen prefer blondes is less well established scientifically than that mosquitoes prefer blondes.

Q. What’s the difference between “jam” and “preserves”?

A. In jam, the fruit is minced. In preserves, it’s left whole.

Women outnumber men in hospitals nationwide by three to two.