Trivia

Word is that Albert Einstein didn’t talk until age 4, didn’t read until age 9.

Some of the Amazon River’s feeder streams are bigger than the Mississippi.

The porpoise is said to need only two, maybe three, hours sleep a day.

History records that crewmen who built the ancient Egyptian pyramids survived mostly on bread and beer.

Q. Where in Australia did the Australian crawl originate?

A. Make that fairly close to Australia. Innovators came up with it in the waters around the island of Tonga. Their stroke speeded swimmers worldwide.

In ancient Egypt, the professional scribe, a k a writer, paid no taxes. An excellent system.

Q. Who was the basketball player called “the owl without a vowel”?

A. Bill Mlkvy. High scorer nationally in the 1950s while with the Temple University Owls. Note his last name: No a, e, i, o or u.

Q. When in human history did people own dogs?

A. Before human history. Cave paintings show humans with dogs.

It has been said, although not documented, that the only people in the United States who include flowers in their diets are those who eat artichokes.