Trivia

It was Thomas Jefferson, too, who brought waffles to this country, according to some historians.

If it’s shaped like a lily, you can call it “crinoid.”

Q. In Japan, what’s a “shoji”?

A. That translucent sliding panel of rice paper mounted on a wooden frame as a partition or a door.

On the books of Blue Earth, Minn., is an ordinance that prohibits dentists from playing checkers during lunch hours.