LOTS O' GOATS

There are about 700 million goats in the world.

Charles Darwin reported that wild ducks are monogamous, at least for a season. But such is not the case for their much-more promiscuous, domesticated relatives.

In his two-year racing career, the famous horse, Man o’ War, earned prizes of $249,465. He raced 21 times, and took second place in only one contest. He won all the rest.

First intended for makeup removal, Kleenex facial tissues were first called Celluwipes.

Domino’s Pizza was originally called DomiNic’'s Pizza, but the name was changed in 1965.

The Louisiana Purchase contained 909,380 square miles of land.

Norman G. Dyhrenfurth’s well-equipped climb of Mt. Everest in 1963 required a thousand porters and sherpas to carry the almost 30 tons of gear. Supplies included 12,000 cigarettes, 216 bottles of oxygen, waterproof diaries, seven movie cameras and freeze-dried foods, including crab imperial, pork chops and chicken tetrazzini.

Levi Strauss always referred to the pants he sold as “waist high overalls,” not jeans.

The physician Malachias Geiger published a protection against the Black Death in his 1637 book, “Margaritologia.” Geiger recommended baking pulverized pearls with antlers and cinnamon as well as other ingredients.