Trivia

Countless dogs get their paws burned badly on the hot metal of pickup truck beds, reports a veterinarian.

Somewhere around the equivalent of $35 a month is reported to be typical pay now for a young scientist in China.

The Candiru is a rain forest catfish, a dreaded parasite about 2-1/2 inches long, and quite thin. Usually, it lives in the gills of bigger fish. Sometimes, though, it finds its way to where people swim and squeezes itself into the urethra of a man or woman. Excruciatingly painful, that. Only delicate surgery can remove it.

Add to that list of towns clearly worth a visit someday: Waterproof, La., and Embarrass, Wis. Maybe Chicken, Alaska, too, in time.

After they divorce, 83 percent of the men remarry, as do 78 percent of women. Ask your family Love and War expert what these small statistics suggest, if anything.

Q. What vegetable is most widely used worldwide?

A. The onion.

Many but not most people know a squirrel can climb a tree faster than it can run on level ground.