Trivia

Coffee, too, was targeted by temperance types in the 1820s. They wanted it banned. They bad-mouthed it aplenty, and demand fell off. Then in an attempt to strike the killing blow, they charged publicly that it was a sex stimulant. Sales picked up. Their campaign came apart.

Am asked why professional models have fewer eyelashes than women in general. They lose some real when they remove the false.

Most popular names among 22-year-old men nationwide are Michael, Jason and Matthew. Among 22-year-old women, Jennifer, Amy and Sarah.

“Christians must not tango,” said the archbishop of Paris in 1912.

What’s the oldest profession? Not prostitution, as so widely believed. According to the secular standards of the anthropologists, the oldest is healing - the work of the tribal witch doctor. But biblical adherents nominate gardening.

Even though you may have been alive and kicking at the start of World War II, it’s not likely you knew then that a third of the world’s population at that time had malaria.

Sleep researchers say the average sleeper turns over 12 times a night.