L.M. Boyd Trivia

• Thomas Jefferson wasn’t much interested in social rank. It was he who put a circular table in the presidential mansion’s dining room. To do away with pecking-order seating.

• Q. It has been claimed that the strongest mammal on earth is woman. What’s that based on?

A. Endurance. Ability to survive the greatest number of years.

• The eyes of spiders glow in the dark when you shine a light on them.