Trivia

A woman who has been married once is 10 times more likely to marry again than is a never-married woman of the same age.

Q. What mineral do the miners dig out of the world’s deepest mine?

A. Gold. At about 13,000 feet. In Carleton, South Africa.

Police statisticians report almost 2 million Americans are found guilty of crimes every year, and there are criminal-justice researchers who contend at least 10,000 are innocent. Mostly they blame eyewitness misidentification.

Word is Hallmark makes cards for 105 different family relationships.

“Miranda” is from the Latin for “admirable.” Or was. Are any baby girls named Miranda anymore?

“She who is born beautiful is born with sorrow for many a man.” Confucius said that. Our Love and War man, unconvinced, continues to research the matter. Why have women of beauty always been so suspect? Is it not possible for a beautiful woman to be harmless?

In revolvers, Colt’s cylinders spin right, Smith & Wesson’s left.

Working title of Alex Haley’s “Roots” was “Before This Anger.”