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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Trivia

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Report is many a Prague cabdriver wires the seat and floor in the back of the taxi. To shock any rider who’s either overly obnoxious or downright dangerous. The zapper button is readily at hand near the steering wheeling.

Cigarette smoking is not curbed at all on submarines.

Q. Name the U.S. president who sometimes let a couple of pet alligators loose to wander from room to room in the White House.

A. That was Herbert Hoover’s son, Allan, according to the historical footnotes.

Q. Dry ice doesn’t evaporate, it sublimates! Got it?

A. Got it.

Q. What’s the most common symptom of depression?

A. Fatigue, medical journalists report.

Q. What was the greatest invention of all time?

A. Farming. That’s what the experts say. When humans started raising plants and animals instead of gathering and hunting, they could form communities. That made civilization possible. Lagniappe: Some also say humans stopped hunting-gathering to start farming when they found out how to brew, suggesting civilization owes its beginnings to beer, but… Move on.