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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Trivia

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Why women live longer than men comes up again. Fairly recent development, that. One widely accepted theory: When women had children by the dozen, they didn’t live nearly so long statistically, but nature gave them better survival gear, once past their child-bearing years.

Although they now have far fewer children, they still have the better endurance equipment.

No known group of animals, besides man, uses fire, and no known tribe of man doesn’t.

Rome’s first physicians were slaves.

Mahatma Gandhi, who lived and died before computer chips, said: “There is more to life than increasing its speed.”

You don’t smell alcohol on a drinker’s breath. What you smell is acetyldehyde.

Q. Isn’t the elephant the only mammal that can’t jump?

A. So it’s frequently reported. But I’ve never heard of a jumping sloth. Will check further.

If you lived in a “suburb” a century ago, it was because you couldn’t afford to live in town. Suburban living wasn’t classy.

Q. What injury is the first-time snow skier most likely to incur?

A. Sunburn.