Trivia

Sun., Oct. 12, 1997

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Medical statisticians say about 130 Americans a year die of injuries incurred when they fell out of beds. Interesting information, but incomplete. Approximately 400 suffer injuries in beds they didn’t fall out of. Collapsed frames, buckled headboards, and a lengthy list of curious wounds uncategorized.

The Aztec month had 20 days. Named: alligator, wind, house, lizard, serpent, death, deer, rabbit, water, dog, monkey, grass, reed, jaguar, eagle, vulture, earthquake, flint, rain and flower.

The wit Julius H. Comroe said: “Serendipity is looking for a needle in a haystack and finding the farmer’s daughter.”

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