Trivia

Fingers of a professional keyboard operator are said to travel 14 miles a day, typically.

Most people didn’t start brushing their teeth with toothpaste until they got indoor plumbing. Or so say the historians.

On the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, the traditional greeting of male Negritos is a ritualistic tight embrace wherein one man sits on another’s lap for several minutes.

Certain birds such as herons have special “powder down” feathers that disintegrate into a fine dust that works as talc to keep the rest of the plumage clean and dry.

Just about everybody along the Mississippi, and hardly anybody else, can tell you the name of the largest city on that river - Memphis, Tenn.

Q. Women are said to be more sensitive than men to most drugs. Why is that?

A. Body weight. The lighter the person, the stronger the reaction to the same amount of drug. Labels on most oral medications differentiate only between children and adults. Some medics say dosage should be prescribed according to body weight.