Trivia

Q. Why are so many women so fond of bridge?

A. In a study unrelated to that game, researchers once concluded three things give particular pleasure to most women: 1. Companionship. 2. Competition. And 3. Dexterous use of their hands. If true, that could explain it, no?

If you’re both wise and foolish, you’re a “sophomore,” as it were. The word comes from the Greek “sophos,” meaning “wise,” and “moros,” meaning “fool.”

It’s now known that porcupines are especially fond of the flavor of brake fluid. So? They crawl under cars at campsites, chew where they shouldn’t, so drain the brake fluid. Please note: Many a vehicle departs a campsite by a long, winding downhill road.

Q. What makes a cat’s eyes look so big?

A. They are big - the biggest of all mammals’ eyes, in fact, in proportion to body weight.

Item 4417B in our Love and War Man’s file is the finding that the child with brothers and sisters is more likely than the only child to wind up in a happy marriage.

What most pollutes Lake Ontario, it’s said, is Lake Erie.

For the past five years Californians reportedly have been getting more patents than people in any other state. Credit Silicon Valley.