Trivia

Q. If a hibernating bear digs out a cave, why can’t I call it a “burrowing animal”?

A. A “burrower” digs tunnels. It’s relatively small, less than 100 pounds, certainly. If a bigger beast burrowed, its tunnels would fall in on it.

When you’re unhappy, you know it, even while you’re in that sorry condition. But when you’re happy, you don’t realize it until later when you remember. Such is the claim of more than one pragmatic philosopher.

The eyes of many, even most people, in their 70s take three times as long to adjust to the dark as they took when those people were in their 20s.