Trivia

Monks in medieval abbeys didn’t invent the craft of cheese making, but they perfected it. Had to, maybe. After they swore off meat. Cheese people know the “muenster” in muenster cheese is the name of the French town descended from “monastery.”

The micro-organism that causes gonorrhea is a plant.

After marriage, a woman is more likely to get depressed, a man less so. That’s the statistical pattern.

Q. What’s the biggest ship afloat?

A. Supertanker Jahre Viking, 622,420 tons deadweight.

Oklahoma law requires you to be at least 10 years older than anyone you adopt.

Q. How come you say there were no pawnshop robberies before 1498?

A. No pawnshops. First of same opened that year. In Nuremberg, Germany, it was.

Heinz sells more pet food than baby food, but not as much of either as ketchup.

The zebra finch tries to help other birds build their nests. But other birds don’t want the help. When the eager zebra shows up with a few blades of grass, the nest builders throw up their wings and quit the project.