Trivia

Antlers grow from the tip.

One survey concludes that the microwave oven comes out first among technological devices that people say most improved their lives.

Those who shoot darts from blowpipes in Brazil’s tropical rain forests don’t have to worry about the wind. There isn’t any. Or hardly any ever.

Turns out not all insects have antenna, as widely reported. An Italian zoologist in 1907 found one called Protura with antenna functions in its front legs but no antenna.

Most penguins have a harder time keeping cool than keeping warm.

No two Dalmatian dogs are identically spotted.

Q. I’ve read the fall of Rome resulted in part from “too much wine, not enough bread” - like how?

A. One theory holds that the government rented crop acreage to aristocratic grape growers instead of to working grain growers, and the food supply dwindled.

“Misodoctakleidist” is a useful noun in some households. Very useful. It’s one who hates to practice the piano.