Trivia

Tue., Aug. 6, 1996

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Remember “zirconium tungstate.” It’s a recently patented material with a curious distinction: Unlike almost anything else you can name, it shrinks, not swells, in the heat.

All cats walk on their toes.

A country club pro says a golf ball moves at about 135 mph when it leaves the head of a driver. His driver maybe.

Q. How many muscles do I have?

A. That’s listed as 639.

The sponge has no heart, no lungs, no brain, no nervous system, no locomotion, and no visible means of defense. It has survived for millions of years.

Builders of Europe’s medieval castles perched the latrines out over the moats.

Q. Those initials that name the telephone giant MCI what do they stand for?

A. They were an acronym for Microwave Communications Inc. a quarter of a century ago. Not anymore. The company no longer uses the old name.

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