Trivia

Nude models who pose in figure classes at two of Scotland’s art colleges have gone on strike a time or two in recent years. With the same two demands: more pay and a minimum studio temperature of 70 degrees.

Seasoned sailors used to say that the height of the wave in feet will usually be about half the wind’s speed in miles and hour.

Los Angeles and New York City are closer to each other than are the opposite ends of Indonesia.

Q. Have any societies been without the institution of marriage?

A. None of record, according to our Love and War man’s files. That’s also true of the common cold, might add.

Q. What’s the difference between a callus and a corn?

A. A callus is protective, leathery surface skin. A corn is a little callus embedded by force into the deeper skin layers.

Death Valley is almost as big as Connecticut. And the commute is even tougher, it’s said.

A seasoned traveler advises trip takers to ask for hotel rooms above the first floor - because most burglaries occur on the first - and below the seventh - because most fire hoses can’t go above the sixth.

No other domesticated animal has a better sense of smell than the bloodhound.