Trivia

Fri., Jan. 23, 1998

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Q. Who coined the phrase “Less is more”?

A. Mies Van Der Rohe, the German-born American architect who designed the early steel-framed glass-jacketed buildings. He founded what’s now called the International Style. He died in 1969.

A stork is voiceless.

Love is special in Venezuela. So special, says a correspondent, that love letters can be mailed at half rate if they’re sent in red envelopes.

“Manhattan” came from Indian words meaning “high island,” according to most authorities. But it’s also a matter of record that Henry Hudson in 1609 gave brandy to Indians there. It knocked them catawampus. The chief passed out. They renamed the place “Manahachtanienk” - meaning “where everybody got drunk.”

Cabbage was thought to be a cure-all in ancient Rome. Taken by mouth. Rubbed on wounds. General attitude among slave masters was: If one cabbage treatment or another can’t heal a sick or injured slave, get rid of the slave.

Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Lefty Grove was traded in 1920 for a new outfield fence.

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