Trivia

In 27 of the United States, I’m told, are places you can stand so that it’s noon where your right foot is and 11 a.m. where your left foot is.

Comparing escalators to elevators in how many people they can move, typically, one escalator equals 13 elevators.

Q. The Internet at the outset linked only to computers in which four educational institutions?

A. University of California at Santa Barbara, University of California Los Angeles, University of Utah and Stanford Research Institute.

Q. On what day of the week do the fewest golfers play?

A. Tuesday.

“The making of a rope” certainly shows up early on the human time line. Where in your opinion does it rank among significant inventions?

Our Love and War man is analyzing a study of widows and widowers. It shows the death of the husband does not seem to affect the longevity of his widow. But the death of the wife shortens the longevity of the widower considerably unless he remarries.

Two of the most honorable concepts in human thought - justice and liberty - have been symbolized in the Western world not by men but by women: The blindfolded lady with the scales, and the Statue of Liberty.