Trivia

To bore your hole straight through the Earth at the equator - better get with it - you’ll have to drill about 8,000 miles.

Q. When did all U.S. colleges first require their football players to wear helmets?

A. Officially, not until 1939, but many players wore them earlier.

“Don’t underestimate the pony,” writes a historian. “Genghis Khan’s cavalries conquered vast territories astride horses so small they’d now be called ponies.”

Propounded Andy Rooney: “Nothing important is ever said in a conversation that lasts more than three minutes.”