Trivia

The tonal range of a trombone is said to go from the lowest normal note of a bass singer to the highest normal note of a tenor.

Q. How much does one of those wrecker’s demolition balls weigh? And how much does it cost?

A. About 16,000 pounds. About $20,000, at last report.

When pool balls are racked for rotation, five balls make up each leg of the triangle. You learn that sort of thing if you skip algebra class.

Animal experts say cats in the wild never “meow” in that distinctive way house cats do when they beg for food.

The Aztec week lasted 20 days.

Ancient Rome’s water pipes contained lead that tests out as 99.95 percent pure. Metallurgists know that much. What they don’t know is how first-century craftsmen could refine a metal equal to modern commercial lead.

Q. How many wings on a mosquito?

A. Two. Couldn’t make it with just one.

Client asks, “What’s the purest of natural animal breeds?” The cheetah, research reveals. Cheetahs are so alike genetically that any one of them will accept a skin graft from any other. That animal most mongrelized, it’s said, is the human being. Bluntly, man will mate with anything.