Trivia

Q. If twin beds were invented in England by Thomas Sheraton in the late 1700s, how come it took them until the 1920s to become popular over here?

A. That Hollywood censorship regime known as the Hays Office was set up in 1922. For decades thereafter, no two people could be filmed in the same bed, so moviemakers furnished their bedroom sets with twins, and moviegoers bought the notion.

The Big Band boys of yesteryear figured they needed 14 instruments to get that sound.

In the medical records is the case of Dr. Alice Chase, who wrote several books on proper diets, including “Nutrition for Health.” She died of what her doctor labeled as malnutrition.

Q. How long in linear distance is the film wound up on the reels for an average movie?

A. If you figure 24 frames of 35mm per second, you get about two miles of film. Or so I’m told.

You and I now may take it for granted that we get Saturday and Sunday off, but that two-day holiday known as the “weekend” hasn’t been around forever. It started getting popular as the six-day workweek faded about 1910.