Trivia

A grown-up’s brain, if damaged, cannot grow new cells, but a baby’s damaged brain can, up to age 2 or so. The same goes for the spinal cord. That’s what we’re told. Don’t you know the medical researchers are studying this phenomenon with great intensity? What is there about the infant tissue that allows it to regenerate?

Q. Can U.S. soldiers in Bosnia get any beer?

A. Not if the current rules are in working order. Nothing alcoholic during the entire tour of duty.

What would you like to hear on your telephone while waiting on hold? In one survey, 61 percent said music, and only 22 percent said silence. Surprised to hear it. Thought there’d be a silence majority.

Q. What’s the most widely eaten food in the world?

A. Herring.

Typical distance between conversationalists is two feet in Japan, a foot and a half in the United States, and one foot in Mexico.