Trivia

Some say “The Ugly Duckling” was Hans Christian Andersen’s autobiography. He loved three women. Deeply. Each told him to get lost. Or words to that effect.

Q. If a floating log is the oldest vehicle, what was the second oldest?

A. A sled, scholars think.

Even a lot of people who’ve heard of Lizzie Borden don’t know her middle name was Andrew.

The longer it has been since you’ve quit smoking, if typical, the more intolerant you’ve become of people who still smoke.

Was a time in Borneo when tribesmen used skulls for money.

Charles Perrault, the French poet who wrote the classic Mother Goose tales, was also the first man of the Western world - this is important, pay attention - to write anything about coconuts.

The fourth wife of Roman Emperor Claudius in 54 A.D. fed him poison mushrooms. He got well. She arranged to have the back of his throat tickled with a poisoned feather. It didn’t kill him. She personally gave him a toxic enema. He kept on breathing. Frustrating! She smothered him with a pillow. That did it.