@Dennis@beige.party TIL mandoline ≠  mandolin. From "Thurber Country". Here are some some provocative facts I have gleaned from the ‘Answer Man’ and other radio sources. The porpoise is not mute, but makes a sound like chickens cackling; candles will not drip if you freeze them in the refrigerator before lighting; the Buckeye butterfly of New England kills wasps [...] I have had my greatest success with the casual query, ‘Madam, do you know how to take bloodstains out of a buffalo robe?’ ...