Wednesday Random Trivia…


In case you happen to need this information for Jeopardy or your next trivia boardgame.



Television comedy queen Lucille Ball appeared on a record 29 covers of TV Guide magazine.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat more than 22 pounds of tomatoes every year. More than half this amount is eaten in the form of ketchup and tomato sauce. (If only I could get past the taste of the tomato.)

In the state of Queensland, Australia, it is still constitutional law that all pubs must have a railing outside for patrons to tie up their horse. (Often I wish Jan was still around, I would love to saddle up and go for a little trot.)

Kings of the Road: Before they became famous in the entertainment industry, these people all worked as truck drivers: Stephen J. Cannell, Robert Conrad, K.D. Lang, Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Desi Arnaz, and Elvis Presley. James Cameron worked as a truck driver and a school bus driver before becoming a successful film director.

You can call it Britain, Great Britain, United Kingdom, or U.K. – however, if you purchase a stamp there, you won't find any name. Great Britain was the first country in the world to issue postage stamps, and they're the only nation in the world today that doesn't use a national name on their stamps. (I never noticed…did I send any postcards from Britain to you? Was there a name?)

In Wilton, Maine, there is a cannery that imports and cans only dandelion greens.

And now you know.