Trivia

If you don’t write every day, you’re not a journalist, not in the strict old sense of the word.

Those notorious army ants of South America - as many as 20 million strong per column in search of animal matter to eat - are totally blind.

It’s because comfortable chairs wear out in one generation that only the uncomfortable chairs become valuable antiques.

Q. Why did marriages in ancient Athens last longer than marriages in other Greek cities of the time?

A. Athens law required divorced husbands to give back the brides’ dowries.

Portal, N.D., has a nine-hole golf course with eight of the holes in Canada.

How the American woodcock has managed to survive is a mystery. World’s slowest bird, that one. Flies at only about 5 mph.

Q. Did your Love and War man ever find out how many of the men over age 80 are still sexually active?

A. Twelve out of 100, if the pollsters have it right. They cite results of personal interviews. In recounting their romantic action, men of all ages tend to rely heavily on the gift of imagination, says our Love and War man.