Trivia

Q. Didn’t the mountain men of the old West live longer than most other people?

A. That they did. When the national life expectancy was 42, the mountain men’s life expectancy was 64. Exercise, diet, thin air - something kept them going.

Q. Who described the California Supreme Court as the “7 bozos”?

A. Such was thought to be the reference when Judge Lance A. Ito, overseer of the O.J. Simpson criminal case, displayed that term in his younger years on his personalized license plate.

Q. Why are more American League baseball batters hit by pitched balls than National League batters?

A. One theory: The American League’s designated hitter replaces the pitcher at bat, so said pitcher doesn’t have to worry overmuch about retaliation.

Q. Who first came up with the line: “Crime does not pay”?

A. Dick Tracy. He couldn’t help it. Cartoonist Chester Gould made him say it.

Philadelphians drink more gin, whiskey and ale than U.S. citizens elsewhere. The corollary is they also take more aspirin.

Red is the color of sorrow in Ghana.

The average zoo polar bear is said to eat 29 pounds of food a day.