30 July 2025

Let the Celebrations Begin, Trivia Fun is Back!!!

Claude Monet, noted for his impressions

I'm deeply honored to introduce another edition of Trivia Fun. I know exactly what you're thinking: it's about damn time! Yes, it's been nearly two years (October '23) since this beloved feature last appeared. As you may recall all trivia fun "facts" have been verified by the International Bureau of Trivia headquartered in Digby, Nova Scotia. Enjoy!

In Europe instead of going the extra mile, workers go the extra kilometer.


Reportedly Eva Braun was upset about having to commit suicide because, she claimed, her and Adolph were finally making real progress in couples therapy.


Famed French impressionist Claude Monet reportedly did a spot on Johny Wayne.


After the dissolution of the Ask Jeeves search engine, a despondent Jeeves committed suicide.


Not many people know that AA Milne had a smaller brother called AAA Milne


The Dewey Decimal System was named for William F. Decimal of Hershey, Pennsylvania. 


Sacagawea was chosen to help Lewis and Clark explore the Louisiana Territory because she was the only one in her tribe who’d downloaded google maps.


According to military historians, dozens of U.S. soldiers missed the D-Day invasion because they had forgotten their passports.


Most theologians say that in college Jesus was a religious studies major.


In five states it it illegal to talk to a pelican.


There is credible evidence that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived World War II and opened a small pizzeria in Yonkers.


In a potential cost-saving measure the Federal Bureau of Mathematics is thinking of eliminating the number 27.


Julius Caesar’s brother Rolf is believed to be the first person to say: “heads I win, tails you lose.”


Actors Jon Hamm and Kevin Bacon are believed to be kosher.


Oddly, famed physicist Albert Einstein found sudokus too difficult but loved to do the daily jumble.


Recently many giraffes have taken to wearing scarves.


Among cannibals expensive purchases can literally cost an arm and a leg.


Under federal law it is a felony to steal someone’s thunder unless you immediately return it.


Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities was originally set in London, Paris and Schenectady and called A Tale of Three Cities.


While there has been a recent decline in psychic advisors there has been a concurrent rise in the number of psychotic advisors.  

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