Trivia

What you see when you look at suede is the flesh side of the hide.

Tails of Old World monkeys are completely covered with hair. They can’t grasp anything with those tails. Tails of New World monkeys are hairless at the ends. Those monkeys can grip objects with their tails. Or many can.

Most of the Canadians who have played major league baseball have been pitchers.

Q. Is a good vocabulary a sign of a high I.Q.?

A. So it’s said. It’s also said vocabulary is measured by some experts to test for laziness. They claim a large vocabulary indicates not just intelligence but overall ability. So they conclude a person with a large vocabulary but a small income is probably lazy. You’re not required to believe this, however.

Nobody - not the drinker, not the bartender - ever says “ebriate,” though it means exactly the same as “inebriate.”

Q. What do the locals call Mount Everest?

A. Tibetans - Chomolungma. Nepalese - Sagarmatha. The mountain was named after Sir George Everest, the British surveyor-general of India who charted the Himalayas. Some historical footnotes suggest he personally never saw the mountain.

Texas claims it has more kinds of reptiles than any other state.