Trivia

“Death Valley Scotty,” formally known as Edward Scott, died in 1954. His last words: “I got four things to live by: Don’t say nothin’ that will hurt anybody. Don’t give advice; nobody will take it anyway, Don’t complain. Don’t explain.”

All large wooden vessels afloat, thick amidships, tapered toward bow and stern, buoy up in the middle, so sag at both ends. When they do so, sea folk say they “hog.”

There are 50 states, and 53 cities therein are known by the nickname of “Capital City.” Doesn’t compute, does it?

Medical records in Oswego, N.Y., show the typical patient of 1816 paid 25 cents to have a tooth pulled and $1.25 to have a baby.

British legal records reveal: After Victor Brooker of Battersea, England, was killed in a car wreck, his estate was billed for the cost of the sand used to clean up the blood.

Mayonnaise on your burger and ketchup on your fries - distinctly American, what? Maybe, but it has been pointed out we’re a nation of imports. Ketchup originated in China, mayonnaise on the Mediterranean’s Minorca, french fries in Belgium, and no one country can claim credit for ground meat.