Trivia

Not all that long ago in Thailand any woman who was still unmarried at age 30 had the right to apply to the government for a husband.

Q. Is it reasonable for my son to believe he could escape a mountain lion by climbing a tree?

A. A mountain lion can jump 12 feet straight up a tree and keep on climbing. Don’t think so.

Your hand is exactly as wide, if typical, as your middle finger is long.

Q. Am I to understand a book about computers won the Pulitzer?

A. One such did that. “Soul of a New Machine” by Tracy Kidder.

The man who invented the Walkman also put together a long list of other electronic components for VCRs, ATMs, cordless phones, fax machines and computers. He is Jerome Lemelson, America’s most prolific living inventor, credited with more than 500 patents.

Jellyfish evaporate.

Your cottage cheese keeps longer if you store it upside down.