STRANGE BUT TRUE

• It was Albert Einstein who offered the following explanation of relativity: “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity.”

• In Singapore, one of the colorful customs is training birds for singing competitions. It’s not always just a hobby, though; for some, it’s a serious — and costly — business. A single well-trained bird might sell for as much as $60,000.

• If you’re an oenophile — that’s an aficionado of wine — you probably won’t be surprised to learn that as the cost of a wine goes...