Trivia

The Japanese sell latex kitchen gloves one at a time, right or left, as well as in pairs.

An America sci-fi magazine sponsored a “Shortest Science Fiction Story” contest. Winning entry: “The last man alive on earth was sitting in his room when there was a knock at the door.” Can you come up with a shorter one?

A 6-year-old earthworm is about as old as it’s going to get.

Nik’ure, son of an Egyptian pharaoh, died in 2601 B.C., leaving the oldest known last will and testament. He bequeathed his considerable wealth to his wife, three children, and to an “other woman” not now identifiable. Clearly the “other woman,” even as the will itself, is a social phenomenon of ancient origin.

Tuesday doesn’t come out any too well on “favorite day of the week” surveys. Only 1 percent of the people polled voted for it. A few generations back, it was known as Ironing Day, even as Monday was Wash Day. Tuesday was none too popular then, either.

Q. When did Debra Winger serve in the Israeli Army?

A. In 1972. Same year both New York’s World Trade Center and San Francisco’s Transamerica pyramid opened.