Trivia

Our Love and War man notes with interest an item to the effect that most husbands who report their wives missing can’t give accurate descriptions of those wives. They oftentimes describe perfectly the cars driven by the wives. And they usually recall the wives’ height and weight, but they can’t remember exact hair and eye color, and certainly not clothing. This curious quirk of forgetfulness, says our L. and W. man, may explain why at least some of the wives are missing.

Butterflies are cannibals.

That toxin in the liver, ovaries and intestines of the puffer fish is reported to be 275 times deadlier than cyanide.