Strange But True

* It was beloved American humorist Will Rogers who made the following sage observation: “Everything is funny as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”

* If you have spent a great deal of time in the Scottish highlands, you might be familiar with the term “sgiomlaireachd.” Evidently, the habit of dropping in at mealtimes is common enough there to require a word to describe it.

* The world’s most popular fruit is the banana. In the United States, people consume more bananas than apples and oranges put together.

* How would you like to brush your teeth with salt, chalk or ground brick? The fir...