STRANGE BUT TRUE - April 1, 2010

* It was 19th-century French author Pierre-Jules Renard who made the following sage observation about his craft: “Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.”

* Guinness, that notoriously dark and bitter Irish brew, contains fewer calories than skim milk or orange juice. Stout for breakfast, anyone?

* Lawmakers in Phoenix once saw fit to make it illegal to walk through a hotel lobby while wearing spurs.

* It’s hard to imagine what life was like before the widespread availability of refrigeration, isn’t it? Some people have decided to find...