Trivia

People who ordinarily tell the truth in plain language tend to fancy up their words when they tell lies. When speaking in a straightforward manner, they’ll repeat simple words unconsciously. But the instant they depart from the truth, they carefully choose exact words they don’t repeat. Such is the claim of a lifelong court reporter.

Snails can see around corners.

Q. How long does it take to get a doctorate in astronomy?

A. Six years now. But the time lengthens as new knowledge pours in.

Q. Okinawans, I’m told, compute age by the old Japanese method. What’s that?

A. A baby is one year old at birth, another year older on the next New Year. A baby born on the last day of the year is suddenly two years old a day later.

Q. Why do the zookeepers, when giving medicine to a Galapagos tortoise, always put it into a tomato?

A. That specific species of tortoise will eat anything that’s red.

Heavy drinking raises the blood pressure. Medical records of 95,000 - some sampling - people prove it.

If your watch lost two minutes five seconds every hour, it would keep good time for the lunar day.