Facts of the day

“Gray’s Anatomy,” the 1858 medical reference book (not to be confused with “Grey’s Anatomy,” the medical TV drama), is attributed to Henry Gray, a medical instructor at St. George’s Hospital in London. It wouldn’t be what it is without 360-plus detailed anatomical illustrations by Henry Vandyke Carter, yet the ambitious Gray didn’t want Carter to receive too much of the credit for the work. So when Gray saw that his name and Carter’s were typeset in the same size on the book’s title page, he insisted that the publisher make Carter’s name smaller.

Trivia question: “I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray; you wore blue.” That’s a classic line from which classic film? A) “Apocalypse Now” B) “Casablanca” C) “Citizen Kane” D) “On the Waterfront” Gibraltar is a British overseas territory that borders Spain, is 15miles from Morocco and has a long history of welcoming sailors from all over the world. Thus, its local patois, Yanito (or Llanito), is a mix of languages twisted together, including corruptions of English words misheard by a largely Spanish-speaking population, such as “tipa,” the Yanito word for teapot. Though English is the official language, locals often feel more comfortable conversing in Yanito. That includes local government, which issues official documents in English but conducts daily

business in Yanito. The history of Katmai National Park and Preserve, in Alaska, started with a bang — literally. On June 6, 1912, the Novarupta volcano erupted with such force it caused a collapse on Mount Katmai and devastated fishing communities in the area. Yet with the devastation came opportunity to preserve and study the pristine volcanic environment as it regenerated and evolved. At the urging of the National Geographic Society, in 1918 Woodrow Wilson signed a presidential proclamation to preserve the area. Happy 100th birthday, Katmai National Park and Preserve! Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, better known as San Siro, is the largest football (soccer, if you prefer) stadium in Italy. Opened in 1926, it’s been expanded and modified several times to bring it to its current 80,000-plus seating capacity. Today San Siro is home to both AC Milan and FC Internazionale Milano, better known as Inter Milan — rival teams that generate plenty of heat whenever they meet at home. The Mary Rose, Henry VIII’s flagship, was sunk in battle off the English coast in July 1545, taking hundreds of crew members to their deaths. Despite a few salvage attempts, the ship remained on the seafloor near Portsmouth, England, for more than 400 years. When it finally was raised in 1982, thousands of artifacts were recovered, including plum, apple and cherry pits and dozens of nit combs, because personal hygiene would have been an ongoing concern with more than 300sailors aboard. We wouldn’t have the Occupational Safety and Health Administration without Alice Hamilton, the first female faculty member at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in industrial medicine and occupational health. Her work — studying and documenting the health histories of American workers exposed to dangerous, often lethal, industrial materials — led to the adoption of many 20th-century workplace safety regulations. Hamilton died in 1970at the age of 101. A few months later, President Richard Nixon signed the act that established OSHA.

Trivia answer: “I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray; you wore blue.” That’s a classic line from “Casablanca.”