Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels

[Joe Di Cola]

Did the French "invent" solferino dye? I know it is a shade of pink, and since Mary liked pink, is that the connection? STILL A GOOD ONE, LAURIE--ESOTERIC, TOO! AND A REAL STRETCH--ALMOST LIKE CONNECTING THE 7 DEGREES OF SEPARATION AND KEVIN BACON.

A thought from an Italian concerning the French. In the 1500s the Italians went to Italy to teach the French how to cook, but the latter didn't learn a thing.