Trivia

All our Western languages trace back in part to one original Indo-European tongue. So which of today’s languages is most like the original? Experts say, Lithuanian.

Most wives with the blues turn not to their husbands but to female friends for consolation. Such are the findings in a study. Why is no mystery, says our Love and War man. In adjusting to each other, husbands and wives learn early to muffle their miseries for partnership’s sake. It has been said that the toughest thing to endure in matrimony is the melancholy of the mate.

In rainbow watching, note this: The lower the sun behind you, the greater the bow in front of you.

The original Yellow Rose of Texas, according to that state’s historians, was a servant named Emily Morgan. Santa Ana captured her. But she found a way to smuggle out messages to help Texas win at San Jacinto.

It’s now believed cobra venom may cure herpes. Which would you prefer?

Was none other than Confucius who recommended a good meal be one-fourth meat and three-fourths vegetables.

Coral makes its own suntan lotion.