Seven in eight couples married in 2005 did not meet online.
According to Time magazine, Picasso was so superstitious that he refused to donate his old clothes to his gardener, “lest some of his genius rub off.”
In the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever,” Capt. Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy end up in the early 20th century. Parts of the episode were filmed on the set of The Andy Griffith Show, and in one shot, William Shatner and guest star Joan Collins walk in front of Floyd’s Barber Shop.
When he traveled, Gen. George Custer took 22 greyhounds with him to keep him company and help him hunt.
“Scot” is from an Old Norse word meaning a payment or contribution and is linked to the modern French écot, a share of communal expenses. The expression “scot free” derives from a medieval municipal tax levied in proportional shares on inhabitants, often for aid to the poor.
This article appears in December 21 • 2007.