Trivia

Rapid reply: It may be a copy of the original, but it’s not generally viewed as a “replica” unless it was done by the maker of the original.

Item No. 2011B in our Love and War man’s file labeled “Matrimony” reads: In each marriage, both partners play roles. One is the “work of art,” the other is the “critic.” Which are you?

Scholars report numerous tribal languages still in use have only three words for colors - the equivalents of “white,” “dark” and “warm.”

Out of India’s universities every year graduate another 50,000 university computer programmers. Nowhere nearly enough. They know they’ll be students all their lives. High tech generally is that way now, isn’t it? Every last year of learning needs an update.

A harpsichord is a big guitar.

Here’s how the female beaver goes about finding a mate: Somehow she inveigles numerous males to her damp front yard. There she wrestles each, overpowering each, decisively. She never loses. From this mess of whipped males, she picks out of what’s left the one that most appeals to her.

In the time line, punctuation followed printing.

That the porcupine has 30,000 quills you know. Were you aware each quill has 1,000 barbs?