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From “The Grim Reaper’s Book of Days,” by Ed Morrow (Carol, 1992), here’s a list of ironies:

1. Casanova-first trained for priesthood

2. Stephen Foster-visited the South just once

3. Sgt. Alvin York-tried twice to avoid active duty

4. Florence Nightingale-a hypochondriac

5. Damon Runyon-born in Manhattan, Kan.