STRANGE BUT TRUE - March 10, 2011

It was 20th-century German-American poet, novelist and short-story writer Charles Bukowski who made the following observation: “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.”

In the 18 months that the Pony Express operated, carrying mail across the Wild West and its myriad hazards and dangers, only one pouch of mail was lost.

It takes approximately 10 months for a Las Vegas slot machine to pay for itself.

At one time, some churches banned the playing of Wagner’s “The...