L.M. Boyd Trivia

• The old traditional approach to marriage was a bit specialized on the Triobrian Islands near Papua. A student of love and war explains: How the man felt about it didn’t matter. It was the woman who selected. And having selected, she simply went up to the lucky fellow and bit him on the arm.

• Our word “melon” comes from the Greek word “melon.” Only in Greek it means “apple.”

• President Andrew Johnson kept white mice.