Trivia

Thu., Feb. 15, 1996

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Q. What are the most common verbs in all languages?

A. Make that in almost all. They translate as: Do, make, say, be, have, take, give, show.

First child born in Israel’s first kibbutz was Moshe Dayan.

Q. The $1 bills reportedly are circulated for about 18 months before they’re destroyed. How about coins?

A. They stay out there until they get so bent out of shape they won’t flow through the banks’ automatic counting machines.

A scared squirrel sweats in its paw palms.

It was in 1666 that England’s King Charles II introduced the man’s vest, and long beyond the king’s whim, that garment filled numerous needs. To conceal the male corset. To camouflage suspenders. To provide little pockets for snuff and watch and calling cards. Form follows function, what? In that lengthy period between tight breeches and tight blue jeans, we went from pocketed vest to fanny pack.

Among animals that eat animals, note the biggest - whales - eat the smallest - krill. Or almost the smallest.

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