Trivia

One of my favourite things happened last night. I got into a conversation about etymology. Man I love that stuff. I found out what is now my favourite pieces of trivia, and it's trivia about the word trivia. Apparently, according to a guy I met in a pub last night, the word trivia comes from the italian tri via, or three roads. Some place where these three roads met people would meet to exchange goods, money and of course, information and gossip etc ... or Tri Via. I am slightly embarrassed by how much I enjoy that fact.