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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Trivia

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

A camel’s body temperature varies from about 93 degrees at night up to 105 degrees at midday.

Q. If lamb comes from a sheep that was 6 to 9 months old, and mutton from a sheep at least 2 years old, what do you call meat from a sheep too old for lamb and too young for mutton?

A. Yearling lamb.

The aardvark’s 20 rootless teeth grow continually all its life.

Could be your old history teacher failed to tell you Paraguay’s colony of Asuncion was founded in 1537. That was 70 years before the first English got to Jamestown in 1607.

Q. What’s Colorado’s “Make My Day Law” all about?

A. That’s what locals call legislation there that legalizes shooting an intruder if the shooter fears danger.

Q. I’ve got a new computer, but I’m still pretty clumsy with the e-mail. … I don’t know anybody who. …?

A. Send an e-mail to me at sayhelloLMBoyd.com and I’ll reply, and if you’d like, e-mail you every day until you get the hang of it and develop a few other e-mail acquaintances.

Numerous people named “Chase” descend in part from French ancestors who were hunters.