Trivia

Bears seem to have some sort of regulatory chemical that prevents bone loss during hibernation, so those medical researchers who study osteoporosis are mighty interested.

A government by women is called a “gynarchy.”

What follows is something of a remarkable statistic, is it not? Only 3 percent of the U.S. work force produces more food than any other country.

Alexis de Tocqueville wrote of America in the mid-1800’s: “If I were asked to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of the Americans ought to be attributed, I should reply: to the superiority of their women.”

The meter originally was defined as one ten-millionth the distance from the Equator to the North Pole. It was redefined in 1983 - there are people who know why - as the distance traveled by light in a vacuum at 1/299,792,458 of a second.

Some neuroscientists contend their studies indicate your memory probably starts to get a little less reliable at about age 30.

A fish’s gills are known to take oxygen out of water four, maybe five, times more efficiently than a mammal’s lungs take it out of air.