By L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Elephants, too, grieve demonstrably after a death in the family.

Whales’ songs rhyme, I’m told.

Queen Elizabeth I, crowned in 1588, was the granddaughter of Henry VII. Queen Elizabeth II is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great -great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Henry VII. That’s 14 “greats.” Few realize how distant the relationship between those two queens is.

Q. What happened to those red telephone booths all over England?

A. Buyers turned them into closets, fish tanks, showers, planters, coffins, whatever, after British Telecom replaced them sometime back.

Population of Vergelle, Mont., is listed as three.

Q. Why are Maine lobsters so prized?

A. Colder water lets them mature more slowly, so they have time to get bigger.

Three out of four of the Egyptians who can read and write are women.